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Resonator guitar (Tricone model)
National String Instrument Corporation (American)
1934
Object Place: Los Angeles, California, United States
Medium/Technique
Nickel silver, ebony, plastic
Dimensions
Length 98 cm, width 36.2 cm (Length 38 9/16 in., width 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Helen B. Sweeney Fund
Accession Number1998.193
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionBody and neck of nickel silver. Three resonators in body covered by grillwork plate with screen mesh in geometric openings. Geometric grillwork in upper half of body. Belly, back, and ribs engraved with floral patterns; edges of body and neck engraved with wavy lines. Headstock of mahogany. Tuning machines of nickel silver and brass with knobs of ivory. Fingerboard of ebony with binding of white plastic and fret markers of pearl dots. Nineteen frets of nickel silver. Nut of ivory. Original hard-shell case.
InscriptionsDecal on headstock: NATIONAL/ TRADE MARK; stamped on body: PAT. 1762617/ PAT. 1741453/ OTHER PAT. PEND./ MADE IN USA; stamped on headstock: 34 79
Provenance1998, sold by the Music Emporium, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts, to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1998)
Blues improvisation, 2000
Composed by Andrew Hall
Performed by Andrew Hall