Violin
Date1920-1940 ca.
Place MadeAustria-Hungary
Place MadeSchönbach, Egerland, Czechoslovakia, Europe
Place MadeLuby, Chebsko, Czech Republic
ModelStradivari
Serial No.none
SignedPrinted on brown paper label with cut corners, the year written in black ballpoint pen by Arne B. Larson: Copy of / Antonius Stradivarius / Made in Czechoslovakia / 1938MarkingsWritten in pencil on inside of back below label by Arne B. Larson: 725
DescriptionTop: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: fine grain converging on center joint in upper bouts
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: faint, narrow curl descending from center joint; prominent ray flecks
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: faint, narrow curl
Head and neck: maple: plain; inside of pegbox stained black; varnish removed from neck after application
Edging: varnish removed from edges after application
Varnish: dark red, shaded spray varnish
Fingerboard: black-stained maple
Nut: ebony
Tailpiece: see accessories
Pegs: four black-varnished pearwood
Saddle: ebony; finished with same varnish as body
Endpin: black-stained pearwood
F-holes: slightly undercut; inside edges stained black
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: spruce hollow lower corner blocks; no upper corner blocks
Bassbar: carved from top
Other: circular saw marks visible on inside of ribs
DimensionsTotal violin length: 588 mm
Back length: 357 mm
Upper bout width: 165 mm
Center bout width: 106mm
Lower bout width: 204 mm
Upper rib height: 31-32 mm
Center rib height: 31-32 mm
Lower rib height: 31-32 mm
Stop length: 196 mm
Vibrating string length: 327 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 131 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00756
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1920-1940 ca.
1920-1940 ca.
1880-1900 ca.
