American Guitar: Museum Object and Cultural History
American Guitar: Date made: 1854. Object Name: guitar. Object Type: Patent Model.
The object in the museum catalogue
This guitar was made by an unknown maker in the United States in 1854. It is a six course (6x1) guitar with a spruce top and rosewood back and sides. This guitar was submitted for patent by William B. Tilton in 1854. The patent is for a device which is attached at the foot of the guitar to stretch the strings for improved sound production (U.S. Patent #10380).
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1854
- Object Name: guitar
- Object Type: Patent Model
- Measurements: overall: 36 in x 11 1/2 in x 4 1/4 in; 91.44 cm x 29.21 cm x 10.795 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: MI.330804
- accession number: 88881
- catalog number: 330804
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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