Violin
Maker
Stanley G. Newton
Date1935
Place MadeOttumwa, Iowa, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignedTypewritten on paper label: MADE BY / S. G. NEWTON / OTTUMWA ------ IOWA / 1 9 3 5MarkingsWritten in pencil on inside of back, above label: Repaired by / Ellis Newton / 1943.
DescriptionEllis W. Newton (born July 12, 1881 in Illinois) is listed as a violin maker and piano tuner working from home in Ottumwa, Iowa in 1930. His son Stanley G. Newton, also a violin maker, is listed as a piano tuner in the Census. Ellis W. died in January 1971 in Centerville, Iowa, according to the Social Security Death Index.
Top: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: medium grain broadening toward the flanks
Back: one-piece, slab-cut maple: irregular, narrow curl
Ribs: slab-cut maple: irregular, narrow curl
Head and neck: maple: narrow curl; height added to heel at back button; neck and scroll possibly not original
Arching: high, full arching on top; full arching on back
Varnish: medium orange-brown; prominent craquelure
Fingerboard: missing
Nut: missing
Tailpiece: missing
Pegs: four ebony, two matching pairs
Saddle: ebony; tall
Endpin: missing
F-holes: wings channeled; inside edges stained black
Linings: spruce; set into corner blocks
Corner blocks: spruce
Other: circular saw marks visible on outside of lower bass rib; burn marks visible on inside of ribs
DimensionsTotal violin length: 586 mm
Back length: 355 mm
Upper bout width: 168 mm
Center bout width: 108 mm
Lower bout width: 209 mm
Upper rib height: 28-30 mm
Center rib height: 29-30 mm
Lower rib height: 29-30 mm
Stop length: 197 mm
Vibrating string length: 330 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 133 mm
Credit LineArne B. Larson Estate
Object number10100
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