1/64-size violin
Alternate name(s)
- Child's violin
Maker
Franz Reindl
Date1962
Place MadeMittenwald, Bavaria, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedWritten with blue ballpoint pen on top block: FRWritten with blue ballpoint pen on inside of back near top block: 1962
Markingsnone
DescriptionPart of a miniature violin making presentation showing the stages of violin making, commissioned by Lothar Meisel from his friend Franz Reindl. NMM 10174 is the finished violin, and M334 is the museum number for the components.
Lothar Meisel comments that Reindl, as a Mittenwald maker, used a form to construct his violins, unlike the Meisel family, who as Klingenthal makers, built their instruments free-hand, with no form.
Top: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: fine grain
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: narrow curl, descending from center joint
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: narrow curl, angled to right on bass side, angled to left on treble side
Head and neck: maple: narrow curl
Varnish: light brown with antiquing comprised of blacking
Fingerboard: ebony
Nut: ebony
Tailpiece: ebony; no saddle, groove carved at saddle position
Tailgut: plain gut
Pegs: four ebony
Saddle: ebony
Endpin: ebony
Linings: spruce; set into corner blocks
Corner blocks: spruce
Other: burn marks visible on inside of ribs
DimensionsTotal violin length: 261 mm
Back length: 159 mm
Upper bout width: 73 mm
Center bout width: 48 mm
Lower bout width: 90 mm
Upper rib height: 14 mm
Center rib height: 14 mm
Lower rib height: 14-15 mm
Stop length: 87 mm
Vibrating string length: 141 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 60 mm
ProvenanceThis instrument and accompanying presentation were commissioned by Lothar Meisel, who was a friend of Franz Reindl.
Credit LineGift of Kurt Lothar Meisel, 2002
Object number10174
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