Engelse gitaar, John Preston (mogelijk), ca. 1775

Titel(s)

Engelse gitaar

Objecttype

• muziekinstrument
• snaarinstrument
• gitaar
• Engelse gitaar

Objectnummer

BK-2022-152

Omschrijving

Five-course English guitar of pear-shaped outline. It has a flat two-piece spruce top and maple ribs and back. The soundhole has a rose in the form of a twelve-pointed star, each ray veneered in ivory and coulored wood. The peg box is elongated and surmounted by a inlaid plaque with eight-pointed star, the rays of ivory and coulored wood. Ten ebony pegs with ivory buttons. Ten ivory pins, arranged in two symmetrical group of five are set into the bottom block, together with an ivory button for the shoulder strap, immediately below.

Vervaardiger

• muziekinstrumentbouwer: John Preston (mogelijk)

Plaats vervaardiging

Londen

Datering

ca. 1775

Materiaal

• hout
• ivoor

Afmetingen

hoogte ca. 71 cm (Sounding string length 43.5 cm.) × breedte ca. 27,5 cm × diepte ca. 7,2 cm (Body height 7.2 (at bottom) – 6 cm (at neck))

Credit line

• Schenking van Elly Lammers en Gerrit van der Veer, Lelystad

Verwerving

schenking 13-jan-2023

Copyright

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