German Violin
date: label: Date made
content: 1879 - 1882
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made in Schonbach, Bohemia around 1880. In his 1880 catalog, J. Howard Foote describes this Saxon violin in “a line of cheap German violins, which for workmanship and finish is not equaled by any other line imported .... made by hand, in the good old-fashioned way, and not ground out of a mill.” The instrument is listed as cat. #5854, “Excellent quality, finely finished, with fancy pictures, gilding and flowers on back, fancy trimmings, veneered fingerboard ... $45.90 per dozen.” The violin bears a reproduction Stradivari label and is made of a two-piece spruce table, one-piece maple back, ribs, neck, pegbox and scroll of maple, and the back of the violin is ornamented with three colorful decals.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Schönbach
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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
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.055675
label: catalog number
content: 55675
label: accession number
content: 11535
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: 35.8 cm x 20.6 cm; 14 1/8 in x 8 1/8 in