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back and sides: bird's-eye maple varnished light red-brown; bridge: ebony, with steel strips, slotted for 31 and 5 strings; brass pins in the end; fingerboard: ebony, with 7 pearl spots and 30 frets; tuning by piano-pegs for 31 strings and enclosed machine-tuning for 5, originally for 5 pearl pegs. Length 549, width 351, depth 30

  • Date:
    c.1900
  • Maker:
    Kiendl, Karl
  • Collection:
    Royal Northern College of Music
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  • Place of production:
    Vienna (Timezone: Europe/Vienna)
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  • Inscriptions:label: Karl Kiendl in Wien, Mariahilf, Gumpersdorferstrasse 10
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music