Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments
Orchestra guitar, model No. 100F
Creation Date (Approximate)
circa late 1930s
Files
Description
"Orchestra Model 16" body with small 'f' holes, carved spruce top, maple back and sides with 4-ply top and back binding, bound tortoise pickguard, adjustable rosewood bridge, single bound fingerboard with notched-diamond inlays, rosewood peghead veneer with pearl vertical floral peghead inlay and pearl Gretsch scroll inlay, center dip peghead. Non-original case."
Measurements
Length -Total: 103.5cm -Back Length: 50.7cm -Headstock: 19cm -Neck (nut to body): 35cm -Scale: 63cm (24.80in) Width -Upper Bout: 29cm -Waist: 23.7cm -Lower Bout: 40.2cm -Headstock at top: 6.8cm -Headstock at bottom: 7.6cm -Neck at nut: 4.4cm -Neck at body: 5.6cm Height -Rib at Heel:8.9cm -Rib at Waist: 9cm -Rib at Bottom: 9cm Angle -Headstock: 15 Sound Hole -F Sound Hole: 16cm Pick-ups - Total: 1 Frets -Total frets: 20 -Body and neck join: 12 fret Weight - 5lbs/3.5oz
Identifier
2023.008.060
Keywords
Gretsch, guitar, 6-string
Disciplines
History | Music
Recommended Citation
Gretsch Company, "Orchestra guitar, model No. 100F" (2024). Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments. 154.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gretsch-artifacts/154
Copyright/Licensing
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