Longman & Broderip Keyed English Guitar
date: label: date made
content: 1783-1785
name: label: maker
content: Longman & Broderip
notes: label: Description
content: This keyed English guitar was made by Longman & Broderip of London, England around 1783-1785. Francis Broderip joined James Longman around 1775 and the two were in business until 1798. This guitar is a six course (2x3, 2x2, 2x1) guitar with a spruce top and maple back and sides. The guitar has a watch-key tuning mechanism, and a key mechanism that activates hammers inside the soundbox to strike the strings upwards through holes in the soundhole rose. This key mechanism was patented by London luthier, Christian Claus in 1783.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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
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 Catherine N. M. Rose
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.324845
label: accession number
content: 69366
label: catalog number
content: 324845
objectType: label: Object Name
content: english guitar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 1/4 in x 12 1/4 in x 4 3/8 in; 74.295 cm x 31.115 cm x 11.1125 cm