Suzuki Violin (1/16 size)
date: label: date made
content: 1982
name: label: maker
content: Suzuki Violin Co., Ltd.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This violin was made by the Suzuki Violin Company Ltd. in Nagoya, Japan in 1982. This 1/16 size student violin with ebony fittings has a plastic molded scroll and ear relief applied to the plain maple pegbox. Very plain spruce and maple have been used in this instrument with transparent reddish-orange varnish and inked representations of purfling</p>
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content: <p> The characteristics of Suzuki violins are varied through a range of targeted production quality. Usually the instruments are built on an outside mould, but the archings may either be pressed or carved into their final shape depending on the quality grade of the instrument. Originally the woods employed in production were from Japanese sources, but since 1960 have been imported from Germany. A scroll-carving machine invented by the founder, Masakichi Suzuki, as well as other cutting and shaping machines are utilized in the contemporary mass production process. This violin has two printed labels inside the instrument:</p>
label: Description
content: <p>SUZUKI<br>Established 1887 in Nagoya<br>No. 220 Size 1/16 Anno 1982<br> SUZUKI VIOLIN CO. LTD.</p>
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content: <p>Supplied and Adjusted by<br>C. Meisel Music Co.<br>To Meet the Most Exacting<br>Requirements of Music Educators</p>
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content: <p>As per the original price tag, this violin was sold by Dale Music Co. in Silver Spring, Maryland for $435.00.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Aichi, Nagoya
label: place made
content: Japan: Aichi, Nagoya
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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 Carol B. Warden and Joy Burchuk
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0181.04
label: accession number
content: 2014.0181
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0181.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: plastic (overall material)
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content: wood stain (overall material)
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content: horse hair (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: violin: 14 1/2 in x 5 in x 1 in; 36.83 cm x 12.7 cm x 2.54 cm