DHV:
1224
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble
Place Made:
Maker:
I
Milan
Leandro (Sr.)
Bisiach
Date:
1895 C
Label Text:
L. BISIACH MILANO [stamped on upper face of top block and neck foot]
Body Shape:
Guitar
Current Location:
USA
Phoenix, AZ
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Musical Instrument Museum
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
2009.164.20
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Kenneth G. Fiske Museum of Musical Instruments, Claremont, CA (no. S33), 1954-2009; Curtis Janssen, 194?-1954
Measurements:
Body Length:
35.8
String Length:
32
Rib Depth:
6.9
Upper Width:
17.7
Middle Width:
14.6
Bottom Width:
21.3
Information
Source:
TGM visit 5/98; Monical conservation report 2/88
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished conservation report by W.L. Monical: FB+S]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Copy of Giovanni Maria of Brescia at Ashmolean, Oxford (1 of 2, other at Castello Sforzesco, Milan). Integral bass bar; fingerboard and bridge by Monical, both slightly wider than the originals. 2-piece table, 1-piece back, closed flat scroll (no ears). Measurements from Monical’s report. Museum file has bill for 1973 repairs by Paul Gregory, Ventura, CA.