Violin
Maker
Chanot & Lete
Date1819 ca.
Place MadeParis, France, Europe
ModelChanot ergonomic
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
Branded on bridge toward fingerboard: P.LORANGE A LYON [Paul Victor Lorange – worked in Lyon, 1899-1920]
DescriptionTop: one-piece, quarter-cut spruce: narrow grain; slight bear-claw figure
Back: one-piece, quarter-cut maple: very narrow, prominent curl; ebony cap over entire button
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: very narrow, prominent curl, angled to left on bass side, angled to right on treble side and lower part of bass side; ribs in three pieces, two on bass side, one on treble side; ebony binding at joint between two sections of bass rib; lower ribs divided by 20 mm ebony strip
Head and neck: maple: very narrow, prominent curl; reverse, reeded scroll
Edging: ebony binding; edge slightly scooped inside binding
Purfling: wide, three-ply ebony and ivory
Varnish: medium orange; varnish on neck
Fingerboard: ebony; channeled over neck
Nut: ebony
Tailpiece: none; ebony trapezoidal string holder with beveled edges
Pegs: four ebony with convex faces and mother-of-pearl eyes
Saddle: none
Endpin: varnished rosewood; probably later
F-holes: curved, slot shaped; lined on inside edge with ebony and ivory strips
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: one spruce corner block at lower bass bout
Top block: spruce
Bottom block: spruce; shallow
Bassbar: narrow; extends over and through ebony string holder, which is cut away between G and C pins to accommodate bassbar on inside of top
Other: ebony bridge plate on inside of top underneath string holder
DimensionsTotal violin length: 615 mm
Back length (below button to center: 372 mm
Upper bout width: 143 mm
Center bout width: 116 mm
Lower bout width: 220 mm
Upper rib height: 34-35 mm
Center rib height: 34-35 mm
Lower rib height: 34-35 mm
Stop length: 187-203 mm (various bridge marks)
Vibrating string length: 329-344 mm (various bridge marks)
Original neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 137 mm
Credit LinePurchase funds gift of Marifran Wohlenberg, 2011
Object number14530
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1840-1900 ca.