Virzi Violin
date: label: Date made
content: 1924
name: label: maker
content: Virzi
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made by the Virzi’s in New York, New York in 1924. The violin was accessioned with an original 1926 Virzi catalog. The Virzi’s became a well-known New York company, introducing a patent for a “Tone Producer,” which was an extra soundboard inserted inside instruments such as guitars and violins to amplify volume and improve sound.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0155.01
label: accession number
content: 2006.0155
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0155.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 3/8 in x 8 5/16 in; 36.5125 cm x 21.11375 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 in x 8 3/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 60.96 cm x 21.2725 cm x 8.5725 cm