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Aluminum violin with case
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Aluminum violin with case

Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) (founded in 1888)
John Burdick (American)
American Musical Instrument Company (active first half of the 20th century)
designed 1932
Object PlacePittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Medium/TechniquePolished aluminum, Bakelite (plastic), ebony, metal wire
DimensionsOverall: 8.9 x 61 x 21 cm (3 1/2 x 24 x 8 1/4 in.)
Lender accessory (case): 14 x 81.3 x 25.4 cm (5 1/2 x 32 x 10 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection
Accession number2014.1446.1-2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceBy 2002, owned by Greg Nanamura (dealer), New York, New York; January 18, 2003, sold to John Axelrod, Boston, Massachusetts; 2008, promised gift of John Axelrod to the Museum; 2014, gift of Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: October 29, 2014)