Violoncello
Alternate name(s)
- Cello
Maker
Gibson, Inc.
Date1942/03
Place MadeKalamazoo, Michigan, United States, North America
ModelG 110
Serial No.342
SignedPrinted on paper label with quadruple-line border and cut corners, the model and batch number written in black ink: Gibson ‘CELLO / Genuine Gibson Made / Model G-110-342 / Kalamazoo, Mich., U.S.A.MarkingsWritten in pencil on inside of center bass rib: 72- / 146 / 5 / 725
Branded on bridge, visible from fingerboard side: SCOTT A. ROETER
DescriptionTop: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: fine grain
Back: two-piece maple three-ply plywood: faint, narrow curl
Ribs: slab-cut maple: faint, narrow curl; chamfered corners
Head and neck: maple: plain; two-piece with dark-brown-dyed maple lamination down center; pegbox with shoulders; tall neck heel
Arching: recurve close to edge on top; low, pressed on back
Edging: minimally curved
Purfling: wide center strip
Lacquer: medium orange-brown with craquelure
Fingerboard: black-stained rosewood with bevel at C-string position
Nut: ebony
Tailpiece: black-painted steel Thomastic with built-in tuners, later
Tailgut: steel wire, later
Pegs: four rosewood; thick heads
Saddle: rosewood; finished with same lacquer as body
Endpin: rosewood with brass screw and ferrule and steel spike
F-holes: slightly undercut; inside edges stained black
Linings: kerfed basswood or maple
Corner blocks: spruce
Top block: basswood or maple with convexly beveled corners
Bottom block: basswood or maple with convexly beveled corners
Bassbar: spruce
DimensionsTotal violoncello length: 1210 mm
Back length: 744 mm
Upper bout width: 353 mm
Center bout width: 237 mm
Lower bout width: 439 mm
Upper rib height: 113-114 mm
Center rib height: 112-113 mm
Lower rib height: 113-115 mm
Stop length: 381 mm
Vibrating string length: 695 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 290 mm
Credit LineAndré P. and Kay Marcum Larson Fund, 2009
Object number14385
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