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Viola
Viola
Viola

Viola

Date1890-1940 ca.
Place MadeLuby, Chebsko, Czechia, Europe
Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Upper Saxony, Germany, Europe
Place MadeSchönbach, Egerland, Czechoslovakia, Europe
ModelStradivari
Serial No.none
SignedPrinted on brown paper label, the last two digits of the year written in pencil: Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1724 [“† / AS” in double-line circle Stradivari monogram].
Printed on paper label pasted above preceding label: Made in Germany.
Branded on rib below endpin: GERMAN.
MarkingsPencil line on inside of top between f-hole notches, extending under bassbar
DescriptionTop: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: medium grain
Back: one-piece, quarter-cut maple: prominent, narrow, horizontal curl; large button; filled dowel hole through back into top block; filled dowel hole through back into bottom block
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: prominent, narrow curl; rib corners slightly chamfered
Head and neck: maple: prominent, narrow curl; black-ink filled, incised imitation neck graft
Varnish: dark orange-brown; shaded; artificial antiquing comprised of dents black-ink-filled dents; black inked imitation A-peg bushing
Fingerboard: ebony
Nut: ebony
Tailpiece: ebony; stored in bag
Tailgut: purple gut; stored in bag
Pegs: Three ebony
Saddle: ebony
Endpin: ebony; broken
F-holes: slightly undercut; inside edges stained black
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: spruce lower corner blocks; no upper corner blocks
Top block: spruce
Bottom block: spruce
Other: chisel marks on scroll
DimensionsTotal viola length: 653 mm
Back length: 388 mm
Upper bout width: 181 mm
Center bout width: 119 mm
Lower bout width: 223 mm
Upper rib height: 32-33 mm
Center rib height: 32-34 mm
Lower rib height: 33-34 mm
Stop length: 209 mm
Vibrating string length: 367 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 135 mm
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, "Recent Acquisitions," National Music Museum Newsletter Vol. 33,
No. 3 (August 2006), p. 6.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Estate
Object number10758
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