Resonator guitar (model 65 prototype)
Dobro Company
(American)
1929
Object PlaceLos Angeles, California, United States
Medium/TechniqueMagnolia, mahogany, ebony, ivory, mother-of-pearl, aluminum, plastic, steel, copper
DimensionsLength 96.4 cm, width 36.2 cm, depth 8.2 cm (Length 37 15/16 in., width 14 1/4 in., depth 3 1/4 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Musical Instruments Curator's Fund, and by exchange from a Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Nathan, Gift of Josiah H. V. Fisher in memory of Emily W. McKibben, Gift of Roelof Weertman, and Gift of J. Vaughn Dennett
Accession number2006.1883
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On viewClassificationsMusical instruments
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ProvenanceAbout 1989, sold by Dobro Company, Los Angeles, California, to John Clayton; about 1991, sold by Clayton to Mike Cass, Nashville, Tennessee; about 1992, sold by Cass to Walter Carter, Nashville, Tennessee; 2006, sold by Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 22, 2006)
Kay Musical Instrument Company (Kay-Kraft Brand)
about 1933
