Moennig Violin
date: label: Date made
content: 1943
name: label: maker
content: Moennig II, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This violin was made by William H. Moennig II of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1943. The violin has two labels, one reading “Presented by Grant G. Mason Jr. to Rafael Druian,” and the other “William Moennig Jr., Philadelphia Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 1943.” The violin has a table made of two-piece spruce and a back of two piece maple. The ribs, neck, peg-box, and scroll are made of maple and the violin has a dark red varnish. The violin was made for and played by Rafael Druian during his career as the concertmaster of symphonies in Dallas, Minneapolis, Cleveland, and New York from 1949-1974.
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Rafael Druian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1995.0287.01
label: accession number
content: 1995.0287
label: catalog number
content: 1995.0287.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/2 in x 8 3/16 in x 3 3/4 in; 59.69 cm x 20.79625 cm x 9.525 cm