Zoerner Guitar
date: label: Date made
content: 1896 - 1898
name: label: maker
content: Zoerner, Armin
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar was made by Armin Zoerner of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania around 1896-1898. It is a six course (6x1) guitar, serial #2110, with a rosewood back and sides, and a mahogany neck with a machine head. Zoerner is listed in the Philadelphia city directory as a musical instrument maker from 1896-1988 at 4314 Third Street. Around 1897, Zoerner joined M.J. Betz formed the Concord Zither Co. at the same address.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. J. Ryan Devereux
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.312918
label: accession number
content: 64657
label: catalog number
content: 312918
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rosewood (back; sides material)
label: Physical Description
content: mahogany (neck material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 1/4 in x 11 3/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 94.615 cm x 29.845 cm x 9.8425 cm