Rebec
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This rebec was made by an unknown maker, provenance unknown, probably 18th century. It is a composite instrument with a one-piece table of poplar, body, neck, pegbox and flat plate all carved from one piece of similar poplar, fingerboard of similar poplar, and opaque reddish-brown varnish heavily encrusted with dirt </p>
label: Description
content: <p>This teardrop-shaped three-string instrument is probably 18th century or earlier and appears to survive <i>en suite</i>. The tailpiece and soundpost possibly belong with the rebec as does one of three pegs. The flat table, without interior bass-bar bears a soundpost and simplified f-holes. This instrument is accompanied by a bow. Acquired from the collection of Leopoldo Franciolini in 1892.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Leopoldo Franciolini (1844–1920) was an Italian antique dealer who flourished in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is remembered as a fraudster who sold faked and altered historical musical instruments.</p>
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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Densmore, Frances. Handbook of the Collection of Musical Instruments in the United States National Museum.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.095310
label: accession number
content: 26256
label: catalog number
content: 95310
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rebec
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: poplar (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gut (strings material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/8 in x 5 3/4 in x 3 5/8 in; 53.6575 cm x 14.605 cm x 9.2075 cm