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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