Wooden guitar, reportedly belonging to Robert Burns
Key details
- Object number
- 3.4565
- Date
- 1757
- On display
- Yes
- Maker
- Rauche & Hoffmann
- Object number
- 3.4565
- Date
- 1757
- On display
- Yes
- Maker
- Rauche & Hoffmann
Description
Wooden guittar (an early form of the modern guitar), with bulbous shaped body and tapered handle reportedly belonging to Robert Burns. Missing guitar strings.
Robert Burns is also known to have owned a fiddle, a stock-and-horn (a simple woodwind instrument made of animal bone) and a flute.
Object information
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Measurements
- Depth: 7(cm)
- Height: 73(cm)
- Width: 27(cm)