Spanish Model Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1875 - 1880
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made probably in Germany, around 1875-1880, and sold by the J. Howard Foote Company in New York and Chicago. It is a 6 course (6x1) Spanish model. This guitar appears as item #6053 in J. Howard Foote' Catalogue from 1880: "Bird's-Eye Maple, mouse color, with fancy pearl and wood inlaying front and back, extra fine quality, with first quality patent head. $9.85" "...made after the Spanish Model, with patent, or machine heads."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Guitars
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Howard Foote
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.055690
label: accession number
content: 11535
label: catalog number
content: 55690
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bird's-eye maple (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 36 in x 11 3/4 in; 8.89 cm x 91.44 cm x 29.845 cm