Machete (treble guitar)

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Alternative Title

Machete.

Instrument

Machete

Instrument Family

Strings

Place Made

Madeira

Date Made

Soon after 1824

Description

Technical description: Soundboard of spruce. Bridge of rosewood, 48 long and 14mm wide. There are floral mustachios at either end. Soundhole 41mm diameter. There are four scribed lines imitating purfling around the soundhole. There is a rosewood inlaid floral design at the bottom of the soundboard. The soundboard is edged in rosewood. The back and sides are rosewood. There is a thin band of maple at the bottom, into which an ivory endpin passes. The heel, neck and head are formed from a single piece of cedar, and flow smoothly into each other. The friction pegs are rosewood with ivory buttons on the end. There is an ivory end button on the end of the head. The top of the head is veneered in rosewood. The nut is rosewood. The neck is 167mm long, 33mm wide at the nut, and 36.5mm wide at the body join. The raised fingerboard is of rosewood. There are 17 frets. String setup: 4 strings Overall size: 493mm Body length: 224 mm Body width, upper bouts: 109mm Body width, waist: 76mm Body width, lower bouts: 131mm Widy depth: 43mm (bottom) - 37mm (neck join) String length: 334mm Signature marks: no inscriptions Playing accessories: small tasselled silk cord on knob.

Notes

A. Macaulay, March 1991; D.P. Martin, 2003.

Measurements

493.

Collection

Reid Collection ; MIMEd

Accession Number

0523

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