Lyon & Healy Washburn Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1905
name: label: maker
content: Lyon & Healy
notes: label: Description
content: This guitar, serial #140926, was made by Lyon & Healy of Chicago, Illinois around 1900-1905. The company was founded in 1864 by George Washburn Lyon and Patrick Joseph Healy as a music publications shop for the Boston Company of Oliver Ditson. Lyon & Healy quickly expanded as a retail distributor for musical instruments. The company also made musical instruments but is best known as a manufacturer of harps. As depicted in an 1898-99 Lyon & Healy catalog, this three-quarter size ”Washburn” model guitar, item number 123-3/4, is described: “Rosewood, with Inlaid and Celluloid-Bound Edges, Top and Bottom; Handsomely Colored Wood Inlaying around Sound-Hole; Celluloid-Bound Finger-Board; Beautiful Inlaid Stripe down the Back; Best Quality Ebony Finger-Board Celluloid-Bound; with Engraved Pearl Position Marks; Ebony Bridge; Fine Quality Patent Head Nickel-Plated.” This guitar sold for $29.40 in 1898.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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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 Theodore A. Carroll and Allison K. Carroll
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.65.0749
label: accession number
content: 262267
label: catalog number
content: 65.0749
objectType: label: Object Name
content: guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 36 3/4 in x 12 7/16 in x 5 in; 93.345 cm x 31.59125 cm x 12.7 cm