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Guitar (Romancer model)
about 1960
Object Place: New York City, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Plastic
Dimensions
Length 88.3 cm, width 32.3 cm (Length 34 3/4 in., width 12 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Brian Fischer
Accession Number2001.421
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Musical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionBody, neck, headstock, bridge, nut, and end button of injection molded Dow styrene plastic. Belly, fingerboard, and front of headstock ivory colored. Back, ribs, neck, and back of headstock colored brown with swirl pattern imitating wood grain. Belly, fingerboard, and headstock decorated with red and black images of teenagers playing guitars, dancing, etc. Eighteen frets molded into fingerboard. Tuning machines of aluminum with knobs of plastic. Internal construction: Three longitudinal braces of wood. Original neck strap of red and blue braided cord, pick of red plastic, instructional brochure, and storage box of cardboard.
InscriptionsMarked on headstock: New/ Romancer/ by Maccaferri/ U.S. Pats. No. 2,597,154 2,614,448/ Made in U.S.A.
ProvenanceAbout 1990, sold by Maria Maccaferi, the designer's widow, New York, to Brian Fischer, Dover, New Hampshire; 2001, gift of Fischer to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 27, 2001)