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Harp guitar (style U)

Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company (American)
1920
Object PlaceKalamazoo, Michigan, United States
Medium/TechniqueBirch, spruce, mahogany, maple, ebony, ivory, mother-of-pearl, plastic, steel, copper, nickel silver
DimensionsOther (overall length): 90.7 cm (35 11/16 in.)
Other (body length): 44 cm (17 5/16 in.)
Other (upper bout): 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)
Other (waist): 16.4 cm (6 7/16 in.)
Other (lower bout): 29.6 cm (11 5/8 in.)
Other (maximum rib): 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Other (length of stopped strings): 62.5 cm (24 5/8 in.)
Other (length of longest open string): 85 cm (33 7/16 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated anonymously
Accession number2000.552
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsInlaid on headstock: The/ Gibson; printed label: … Gibson HARP-GUITAR Style U / Number [handwritten: 55511] is hereby / GUARANTEED … GIBSON MANDOLIN-GUITAR CO. / (Manufacturers) / Kalamazoo, Mich. U.S.A.; On tailpiece: PAT. APPLIED FOR On pickguard: PAT MAR 30 '09ProvenanceBefore 1977, Eldon Stutzman, Rochester, New York; 1977, by inheritance to his son, David Stutzman, Rochester, New York; 2000, sold by Stutzman to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 22, 2000)