1/4-size violin
Date1920-1930 ca.
Place MadeAustria-Hungary
Place MadeSchönbach, Egerland, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Place MadeLuby, Chebsko, Czech Republic
ModelStradivari
Serial No.none
SignedTyped on paper label: Straduarius [sic.] Mittenwald / Made in CzechoslovakiaMarkingsnone
DescriptionTop: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: fine grain broadening toward the flanks; wooden dowel through top into top block on treble side of center joint
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: very broad curl descending from center joint
Ribs: semi-slab-cut maple: plain
Head and neck: maple: narrow curl
Arching: high top arching
Edging: edges slightly scooped
Purfling: narrow outside strips
Varnish: light brown with fine craquelure
Fingerboard: ebony
Nut: ebony
Tailpiece: black-stained pearwood; saddle does not fully extend to edges
Tailgut: red gut
Pegs: four black-stained dark red tropical hardwood
Saddle: ebony; finished with same varnish as body
Endpin: ebony
F-holes: slightly undercut
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: spruce lower corner blocks; no upper corner blocks
Bassbar: carved from top
Other: burn marks on inside of ribs
DimensionsTotal violin length: 465 mm
Back length: 278 mm
Upper bout width: 121 mm
Center bout width: 75 mm
Lower bout width: 151 mm
Upper rib height: 22-24 mm
Center rib height: 22-23 mm
Lower rib height: 22-24 mm
Stop length: 149 mm
Vibrating string length: 254 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 104 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00058
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1880-1900 ca.
1920-1940 ca.