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Aluminum violin with case
Manufactured by: Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) (founded in 1888)
Designed by: John Burdick (American)
Distributed by: American Musical Instrument Company (active first half of the 20th century)
Designed by: John Burdick (American)
Distributed by: American Musical Instrument Company (active first half of the 20th century)
designed 1932
Object Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Medium/Technique
Polished aluminum, Bakelite (plastic), ebony, metal wire
Dimensions
Overall: 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.)
Lender accessory (case): 14 x 81.3 x 25.4 cm (5 1/2 x 32 x 10 in.)
Credit Line
The John Axelrod Collection
Accession Number2014.1446.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Musical Instruments
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)