Object Details
Associated Name
Stainer, Jacob
maker
Stainer, Jacob
Description
This violin was made by Jacob Stainer of Absam, Austria in 1661. The violin has a replacement scroll (not original to Stainer) and baroque configuration of the tailpiece, bridge, neck and fingerboard (the neck is not mortised into the top block). There are various old cracks and repairs, general signs of use that are all somewhat typical of instruments of this vintage exposed to performance use and general wear.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod
Date made
1661
ID Number
2004.0046.01
accession number
2004.0046
catalog number
2004.0046.01
Object Name
violin
Measurements
overall: 23 1/2 in x 8 in x 4 1/4 in; 59.69 cm x 20.32 cm x 10.795 cm
Place Made
Austria: Tyrol, Absam
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1253680