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Double bass

Alternate name(s)
  • string bass
Date1930-1940 ca.
Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe
Modelnone
Serial No.none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionTop: one-piece aluminum; sides crimped over ribs and riveted together
Back: one-piece aluminum; sides crimped over ribs and riveted together; arched
Ribs: aluminum; ebony caps at shoulders
Head and neck: plain maple; imitation curl on neck
Varnish: dark red-brown paint in imitation of wood
Fingerboard: ebony; bevel at E-string
Nut: ebony
Tailpiece: black-varnished stained maple
Tailgut: brass; passes through holes drilled in face of tailpiece
Tuners: four steel and brass machine heads with black-stained beech rollers
Saddle: black-painted aluminum, riveted to top and ribs
Endpin: black-varnished maple, steel extension pin
Linings: none
Bassbar: maple; riveted to top
Corner blocks: maple
Top block: maple
Bottom block: maple
Other: two maple lateral braces; maple block on inside of back at soundpost position; riveted to back
DimensionsTotal double bass length: 1808 mm
Back length: 1103 mm
Upper bout width: 499 mm
Center bout width: 305 mm
Lower bout width: 653 mm
Upper rib height: 140-198 mm
Center rib height: 198 mm
Lower rib height: 198 mm
Stop length: 600 mm
Vibrating string length: 1050 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 430 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01064
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