Widhalm Violin
date: label: date made
content: 1782
name: label: maker
content: Widhalm, Martin Leopold
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made by Leopold (Martin) Widhalm in Nuremberg, Germany in 1782. He was the eldest son of violin maker Leopold Widhalm (1722-1776). His work is generally less refined than that of his father, with rather narrow purfling close to the rounded edge. This Widhalm example in the style of Stainer is typical, with a rather high built arching that is broad in the breast area with narrow edge and purfling set into pronounced channelling. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, back of maple in two pieces cut on quarter with mild, fine gently descending figure, ribs of similar maple, grafted neck onto the original maple peg-box and scroll, and a semi-transparent orange-brown varnish.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Nuremberg
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Violins
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Evelyn A. Johnstone
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0794.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0794
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0794.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (table material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (back material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/2 in x 8 in x 4 in; 59.69 cm x 20.32 cm x 10.16 cm