Violin
Date1989
Place MadeBubenreuth, Germany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedPrinted on paper label with a border comprised of a single line and repeated fleurs-de-lys, the last two digits of year handwritten in purple ink: [RSB monogram in double-line circular border] Reinhold Schnabl / Bubenreuth 1989MarkingsPencil line on inside of top between f-hole notches
DescriptionTop: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: fine grain
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: strongly visible ray flecks; dark-brown-stained maple dowels through back into top block on bass side of center joint, into bottom block on treble side of center joint
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: faint, broad curl
Head and neck: maple: faint, narrow curl; neck stained red-brown
Varnish: red-brown over a golden ground
Fingerboard: ebony
Nut: ebony
Tailpiece: rosewood; tulip-shaped; beveled; white plastic saddle
Tailgut: black plastic
Pegs: four rosewood with white plastic pins; undercut heads
Saddle: varnished ebony
Endpin: ebony with mother-of-pearl eye enclosed in white plastic ring
F-holes: Lower wings slightly channeled
Linings: spruce; sanded
Corner blocks: spruce; sanded
Top and bottom blocks: spruce; sanded
DimensionsBack length: 355 mm
Total violin length: 591 mm
Upper bout width: 170 mm
Stop length: 195 mm
Center bout width: 112 mm
Vibrating string length: 327 mm
Lower bout width: 208 mm
Neck length (nut to ribs): 131 mm
Upper rib height: 30-31 mm
Center rib height: 31 mm
Lower rib height: 31-32 mm
Credit LineGift of Stephen Meisel, 1998
Object number06141
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