Mandolin, 1898, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, American, Walnut, spruce, ebony, pearl, tortoiseshell, bone, 26 1/4 × 11 × 3

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Mandolin, 1898, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, American, Walnut, spruce, ebony, pearl, tortoiseshell, bone, 26 1/4 × 11 × 3 1/4 in. ( × × cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, Orville Gibson (American, 1856–1918), Orville Gibson is one of the most important makers and innovators of fretted stringed instruments. He is credited with the invention of the archtop guitar and mandolin, which both take construction elements from the violin

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