Peresson Violin
date: label: date made
content: 1980
name: label: maker
content: Peresson, Sergio
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This violin was made by Sergio Peresson of Haddonfield, New Jersey in 1980. There is an original printed label inside the instrument:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Sergio Peresson di Udine<br>Fece Anno 19<i>80<br>Haddonfield<br>Sergio Peresson</i></p>
label: Description
content: <p>[the number"80," the word "Haddonfield"and the signature are hand-written]</p>
label: Description
content: <p>(stamped on the middle of the inside back):</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: New Jersey, Haddonfield
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Evelyn and Herbert R. Axelrod
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.3026.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2002.3026
label: catalog number
content: 2002.3026.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 3/4 in x 8 1/16 in x 3 3/4 in; 60.325 cm x 20.47875 cm x 9.525 cm