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Arch-top guitar (New Yorker model)
John D'Angelico (American, 1905–1964)
1954
Object Place: New York City, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Maple, spruce, ebony, mother-of-pearl, ivory, plastic, steel, brass, nickel silver
Dimensions
Length 110 cm, width 45.5 cm (Length 43 5/16 in., width 17 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, and Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number1998.62
CollectionsAmericas, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionTwo-piece arched back and ribs of maple. Belly of fine-to-medium-grain spruce with F-shaped soundholes. Back, belly, soundholes, and fingerboard edged with binding of white and black plastic. Neck and headstock of maple. Grover brand tuning machines of brass. Fingerboard of ebony with fret markers of pearl in "split block" pattern and twenty-two frets of nickel silver. Nut of ivory. Adjustable bridge of ebony. Tailpiece of brass. Pickguard (modern) of plastic. Floating electronic pickup (later, removed). Brown sunburst finish. Hard-shell case (later).
InscriptionsInlaid on peg head: D'Angelico / New York / New Yorker; stamped inside: 1959
ProvenanceBefore 1998, John Knapp, New York. By 1998, sold by source unidentified to Skinner, Inc., Bolton, Massachusetts; 1998, sold by Skinner, Inc., to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 1998)
Copyright
Jazz improvisation, 2000
Composed by Andrew Scott
Performed by Andrew Scott