Object Details
maker
Gemunder, George
Description
This violin was made by George Gemünder in Astoria (Queens), New York in 1881. As Gemünder's business flourished, his popularity and subsequent financial success allowed him to move his shop to Astoria, Long Island in 1874. George Gemünder experimented with wood in search of an “ideal” sound. This violin, in the model of Stradivari, is made of a two-piece table of spruce, a back of American maple in two pieces cut on the quarter with even ascending medium-fine figure, ribs of similar American maple, a grafted maple neck with original American maple pegbox and scroll, and transparent reddish-orange varnish.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. Earl W. Dorfman
date made
1881
ID Number
1983.0205.01
catalog number
1983.0205.01
accession number
1983.0205
Object Name
violin
Physical Description
spruce (table material)
maple (back material)
Measurements
overall: 23 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 60.325 cm x 20.955 cm x 8.89 cm
Place Made
United States: New York, Queens, Astoria
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_605497