Aluminum violin, made in Ann Arbor, of Alcoa Aluminum, 1933. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Aluminum violin, made in Ann Arbor, of Alcoa Aluminum, 1933. / In Memoriam: Wystan
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| 説明 | Information provided by Ed Vielmetti, October 21, 2013:The National Museum of American History has one of these, and a back story:americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_606735DESCRIPTION (BRIEF) This violin was made by the Aluminum Musical Instrument Company, Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1932. In the last decade of the 19th century Neil Merrill, president of the Aluminum Musical Instrument Co. in New York City, began incorporating aluminum in the manufacture of mandolins, fiddles, banjos, guitars and zithers.Fitted with spruce soundboards, the bodies of these instruments were pressed from one piece of aluminum.Unrelated to Merrill's efforts, on March 24, 1932 the Buffalo plant of ALCOA (Aluminum Company of America) joined with Dr. Joseph Maddy, a music teacher from Ann Arbor and director of the National High School Orchestra Camp at Interlochen. They redesigned a 1928 aluminum double bass model in order to market aluminum violins, with bow and case for $50.00. The Buffalo plant assembled and finished the violins to resemble wood and Dr. Maddy provided the set-up work and sales from Ann Arbor. ALCOA records indicate the Buffalo Fabricating Plant provided a total of 435 violins to Dr. Maddy and about 500 double bass instruments to other dealers.This 1932 model is molded with half-height ribs and back pressed from a single piece of aluminum joined at the center height of the ribs to a similarly molded aluminum table with half-height ribs. It is fitted with an aluminum neck with wood core, and an aluminum pegbox, scroll, bassbar and endpin. The exterior aluminum surfaces are painted to imitate wood grain.___________________________________________________________________________Information from the eBay listing, October, 2013 (bidding starts at $1,500.00): A cool old fiddle made by The Aluminum Musical Instrument Co. in Ann Arbor Michigan...The label states: "Made of Alcoa Aluminum"..."1933"."#410".I have the original tailpiece and 2 bridges (wood!)...I tack-glued the fingerboard back on--it will need to be re-glued by a pro if you want to put this back into service...The nut is missing...The soundpost is still up!Some wear in the finish. No major dents or dings...This finish might be very rare. Most of the aluminum violins I've seen online have been finished in a faux wood grain finish...Cool patina on this golden colored finish.... |
| 撮影日 | 2013-10-18 14:57:34 |
| 撮影者 | In Memoriam: Wystan , Ann Arbor |
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