Violoncello
Alternate name(s)
- Cello
Date1870-1890 ca.
Place MadeGermany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionTop: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: fine grain broadening toward the flanks
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: narrow curl, ascending from center joint
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: faint, narrow curl
Head and neck: maple: plain
Varnish: medium brown
Fingerboard: black-varnished maple
Nut: ebony; maple dowel through top into fingerboard
Tailpiece: ebony; saddle missing
Tailgut: double copper wire
Pegs: brass machine heads
Saddle: missing
Endpin: brown-stained maple; without extension - leg held
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: spruce lower corner blocks; no upper corner blocks
Other: cleats along back center joint
DimensionsTotal violoncello length: 1203 mm
Back length: 742 mm
Upper bout width: 319 mm
Center bout width: 212 mm
Lower bout width: 415 mm
Upper rib height: 120-123 mm
Center rib height: 120-123 mm
Lower rib height: 122-123 mm
Vibrating string length: ~ 705 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 284 mm
ProvenanceOwned by James Matthew Keating (1857-1932).
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Ralph Studeman, 2001
Object number10092
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