Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments
Orchestra guitar, model No. 240
Creation Date (Approximate)
circa late 1930s
Files
Description
"Four String Tenor guitar auditorium size body, arch spruce top with small, unbound f-holes, Flame maple back and sides, ebony fingerboard and bridge, trapeze tailpiece, with ivory-celluloid button banjo tuners.23-inch scale. Gretsch scroll logo diagonally across rosewood veneer peghead."
Measurements
Length -Total: 98.5 cm -Back Length: 51 cm -Headstock: 16.5 cm -Neck (nut to body): 33 cm -F Holes: 17.5 cm -Scale: 63 (24.8 inches) Width -UpperBout: 28 cm -Waist: 22.5 cm -LowerBout: 40.5 cm -Headstock at top: 6 cm -Headstock at bottom: 7 cm -Neck at nut: 3 cm -Neck at body: 4 cm Height -Rib at Heel: 8.5 cm -Rib at Waist: 9 cm -Rib at Bottom: 9 cm Angle -Headstock angel:17 Pick-ups - Total: 0 Frets -Total frets: 19 frets -Body and neck join: 14th fret
Identifier
2023.008.026
Keywords
Gretsch, guitar, 4-string
Disciplines
History | Music
Recommended Citation
Gretsch Company, "Orchestra guitar, model No. 240" (2024). Gretsch Company Artifacts & Musical Instruments. 92.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gretsch-artifacts/92
Copyright/Licensing
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