Peresson Violoncello
date: label: Date made
content: 1971
name: label: maker
content: Peresson, Sergio
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This violoncello was made by Sergio Peresson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1971. There is an original label inside the instrument:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Philadelphia<br>1971<br>Sergio Peresson</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(and stamped):</p>
label: Description
content: <p>S.PERESSON</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Sergio Peresson (1913–1991) was an Italian-American violin maker. Born in Udine, Peresson began making violins in Italy in 1943. Four years later, Peresson moved to Caracas, Venezuela, where he made new instruments and was repairer to the Venezuelan Symphony Orchestra. In the early 1960s he moved to Philadelphia and worked for the firm of William Moennig & Son from 1963-1971. In 1971 Peresson moved to the suburb of Haddenfield, New Jersey and continued to make instruments until his death in 1991.</p>
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: Cellos
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Guft of Herbert R. Axelrod Foundation (through: Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.3111.02
label: nonaccession number
content: 2002.3111
label: catalog number
content: 2002.3111.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cello
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 74.6 cm; 29 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48 1/2 in x 17 5/8 in x 8 3/4 in; 123.19 cm x 44.7675 cm x 22.225 cm