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Tenor violin

about 1820–40
Object PlaceUnited States
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 81 cm, width 30.5 cm (Length 31 7/8 in., width 12 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Lindsey Fund
Accession number65.2684
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBefore 1965, Guy Moyer, Freeburg, Pennsylvania; by 1965, sold by Moyer to Harold W. Westover, Bloomberg, Pennsylvania; 1965, sold by Westover to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 13, 1982)
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