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Violin

Date1880-1915 ca.

Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe

ModelStradivari

Serial No.none

SignedPrinted on paper label, the last two digits of year written in black ink: Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonensis / Faciebat Anno 1722 [Stradivari monogram]
MarkingsWritten in black ballpoint pen on inside of back, below label: 1910
DescriptionTop: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: medium grain, broadening at the flanks
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: faint, narrow curl, descending very slightly from center joint
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: faint, medium curl, angled to right on Bass side, angled to left on treble side; rib corners chamfered
Head and neck: maple: plain
Purfling: very narrow center strip
Varnish: light orange
Fingerboard: ebony; probably later
Nut: ebony; probably later
Tailpiece: ebony; saddle does not fully extend to edges
Tailgut: red gut
Pegs: two black-varnished ebony; one ebony; one black-varnished, dark tropical hardwood with mother-of-pearl eye
Saddle: ebony; finished with same varnish as body
Endpin: black-stained pearwood
F-holes: long; flared wings; slightly undercut
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: spruce lower corner blocks; no upper corner blocks
Bassbar: carved from top; low height
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: 109 mm
Lower bout width: 208 mm
Upper rib height: 29-30 mm
Center rib height: 29 mm
Lower rib height: 29-30 mm
Stop length: 200 mm
Vibrating string length: 329 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 130 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number00757

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