Violin

Date1950-1985 ca.

Place MadeEurope

ModelAntoniazzi

Serial No.none

SignedPrinted on paper label torn at center, maker name and last two digits of year written in black ink: Antoniazzi Riccardo di Cremona / figlio di Gaetano fece in Milano / l'anno 1911 / Riccardo Antoniazzi
MarkingsWritten in black ink on a small paper label visible through treble soundhole: DDA 2777 / 122
DescriptionTop: two-piece spruce cut slightly off-the-quarter: irregular, medium grain; early wood raised in some areas
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: faint, narrow, horizontal curl; grain converges on center joint in upper an lower bouts; ebony dowel through back into top block on treble side of center joint; ebony dowel through back into bottom block on bass side of center joint
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: faint, medium curl; irregular grain; rib corners rounded
Head and neck: maple: faint, medium curl; inside of pegbox stained dark brown
Varnish: medium orange-brown
Fingerboard: ebony; probably later
Nut: ebony; probably later
Tailpiece: rosewood; white plastic saddle; beveled face; later
Tailgut: black plastic
Pegs: rosewood with undercut heads and white plastic pins
Saddle: ebony; finished with same varnish as body
Endpin: ebony; brass eye; turned groove around edge
F-holes: slightly undercut; lower wings channeled; inside edges stained dark brown
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: spruce
DimensionsTotal violin length: 589 mm
Back length: 358 mm
Upper bout width: 170 mm
Center bout width: 107 mm
Lower bout width: 211 mm
Upper rib height: 30-31 mm
Center rib height: 30-31 mm
Lower rib height: 31 mm
Stop length: 198 mm
Vibrating string length: 328 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 129 mm

Credit LineGift in memory of Kurt O. (1903-1995) and Helene Meisel (1906-1992), by Mr. and Mrs. Lothar Meisel, 1999

Object number07430

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