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Violin

Trade Name: Salzard
Date: 1860-1900 ca.
Place Made:Mirecourt, France, Europe
Place Made:Paris, France, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedBranded on inside of back: SALZARD / … Paris [cursive lettering]
Written on inside of back in black ink, below brands: 1787.
Branded on back button: SALZARD
Markingsnone
DescriptionTop: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: medium grain; nail through top into bottom block on treble side of center joint
Back: one-piece, quarter-cut maple: narrow curl, ascending from treble to bass; pin holes in back just inside of purfling at top and bottom blocks
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: narrow curl, angled to the right; rib corners chamfered
Head and neck: maple: very narrow curl
Edging: varnish removed from edges
Varnish: dark brown; artificial shading, varnish partially removed, simulating wear on each side of tailpiece, lower an center bouts of back, at upper treble edge of back, and on upper treble rib; varnish removed from edges and scroll and pegbox chamfers
Fingerboard: ebony
Nut: ebony
Pegs: steel and brass machine heads, the mechanism inside pegbox; small, round ebony peg heads with rounded edges
Saddle: ebony
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: maple
DimensionsBack length: 359 mm
Total violin length: 593 mm
Upper bout width: 165 mm
Stop length: 191 mm
Center bout width: 112 mm
Vibrating string length: 322 mm
Lower bout width: 206 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 131 mm
Upper rib height: 31-32 mm
Center rib height: 31 mm
Lower rib height: 30-31 mm
Terms
Credit Line: Board of Trustees, 2001
Not on view
Object number: 09965