Images from The Pressler Gallery English Guitar by James Preston, ca. 1765 NNM 1292.  English guitar by James N. Preston, London, ca. 1765.   Watch-key tuning.   Fitted with Smith's Patent Box by which small hammers strike the strings.   Original case.   Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979.   Click arrow to continue Pressler Gallery Tour Go to Pressler Gallery Tour Index Go to Virtual Tour Index National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 © National Music Museum, 1996, 2003 Most recent update: May 6, 2003 You are the 15,723rd visitor to this page. College of Fine Arts The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page