Roth Violin, used by Claude Williams: Museum Object and Cultural History
Roth Violin, used by Claude Williams: Date made: 1936. referenced: Stradivari, Antonio. user: Williams, Claude.
The object in the museum catalogue
Made by Ernst Heinrich Roth. Markneukirchen, Germany. 1936. This violin was owned and played by the jazz violinist and guitarist Claude Williams.
Reproduction of a Stradivari violin made in 1700. The violin has an electric pickup attachment. Accessioned with case and accessories.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1936
- referenced: Stradivari, Antonio
- user: Williams, Claude
- maker: Roth, Ernst Heinrich
- Object Name: violin
- Measurements: overall: 35.7 cm x 20.6 cm; 14 1/16 in x 8 1/8 in
- Measurements: overall: 23 1/2 in x 8 in x 3 3/8 in; 59.69 cm x 20.32 cm x 8.5725 cm
- Place Made: Germany: Saxony, Markneukirchen
- ID Number: 2005.0235.01
- accession number: 2005.0235
- catalog number: 2005.0235.01
- Credit Line: Gift of Blanche Y. Fouse-Williams
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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