by mreichstadt | May 31, 2015 | Cordes-en
American five stringed banjo, 19th. c. This banjo highly decorated with veneered colored wood, representing the traditional west american instruments, guitar, violin, banjo, and the American Union flags on both sides crowned with laurels. The fifth string pegbox,...
by mreichstadt | Apr 9, 2015 | Cordes-en
France, 18th. c. Back and sides of maple and mahogany alterned ribs, respectively edged with alterned maple and mahogany filets. Spruce table. Probably parisian making, to be compared with guitars or hurdy-gurdies of Jean-Nicolas Lambert. Length: 35,4cm. Diapason:...
by mreichstadt | Apr 9, 2015 | Cordes-en
Jacques-Pierre MICHELOT, PARIS, 18th. c. Stamped at the bottom of the soundboard:”MICHELOT”. “Boat” shaped body made of eleven maple ribs. Spruce soundboard. Neck and peg-head of ebony plated. Five choirs. Length: 95,2cm. Width maxi: 32,1cm....
by mreichstadt | Apr 8, 2015 | Cordes-en
Joseph PAJOT in JENZAT, 1895. Stamp of the maker: “PAJOT JEUNE” behind the keyboard. Label inside dated 1895. Lute body of nine maple and walnut alternate ribs. Fir table décorated with the traditionnal red patterns typical of the Jenzat makers, and edged...
by mreichstadt | Apr 8, 2015 | Cordes-en
Six string Banjo Wooden body covered with nickel plated brass. Neck and peg-head made of one piece of maple. Ebony fingerboard, with a capodastre hole on the 5th division. Sounding system made of a spruce soundboard on the back of the body, on which is laid a maple...
by mreichstadt | Mar 22, 2015 | Cordes-en
FRANCE, c.1900. Shaped like violin. Later fingerboard and tailpiece. Length of the body: 20,8cm. Total length: 43,4cm. {gallery}instruments/Pochettelonguet{/gallery}
