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body: pear-shaped. Back: 2 pieces of ?pear-wood, very slightly arched; ribs: similar. Belly: 1 piece of wide-grained pine, sound-hole circular, no rose. Inside: 2 cross-bars on belly, 2 on back, strip down the back along the midline; bridge: loose; 6 double courses of strings fixed to ivory pins over a flush ivory nut. Fingerboard: 3 layers of wood, 18 frets; nut: ivory; tuning pegs: watch-key, protruding. Head: ending in violin-type scroll. Length 680, body 350, width 277, depth 72, strings 382, fingerboard 260

  • Date:
    mid 19th century
  • Maker:
    Andrade, João Miguel
  • Collection:
    Royal Northern College of Music
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  • Place of production:
    Lisbon (Timezone: Europe/Lisbon)
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  • Period:mid 19th century
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  • Inscriptions:on printed label mounted inside: JOÃO MIGUEL ANDRADE / Fabrica e Armazem de Instrumentos de Corda / Guitarras, Violas braguezas, Cavacos / LISBOA / Rua nova de Trinidade / Sole agents for Great Britain and Colonies / ALBAN VOIGT & CO., / 14, Edmund Place, LONDON, E.C.
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music