| Diplomatic transcription of the title page | [underlined:] Quartet for String [sic] | Nr 6. | (IN – E – minor) | B. MARTINU. | New York – December 1946. |
| Number of leaves | 54 |
| Number of pages bearing notation | 54 |
| Total number of pages | 53+1(titulní list/title page) |
| Original pagination | 1–53 |
| Dimensions (width x height) | 280 x 345 mm |
| Binding | Loose leaves |
| Paper characteristics | Slightly yellowed, translucent paper |
| Brand of paper | Circle Blue Print Co., Inc. |
| Number and arrangement of staves | 20 |
| Total span of staves | 300 mm |
| Distance between staff lines | 2 mm |
| Writing instrument | Pen (black ink), pencil |
| Content of particular pages | The autograph contains a layer of corrections in Martinů´s hand carried out by the cutting out of a bar or part a bar (e.g. pp. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 28), or by scratching out notation (e.g. pp. 2, 5, 6, 12). |
| Markings by B. Martinů | Durations are written in pencil at the end of the first and second movement. |
| Comments | In the corners there are traces of earlier gluing, but the glue has been carefully removed; on page 53 after the last system are the date and place of completion: "New York. | December 25. 1946. | B. Martinů" |