Violin
Date1940 -1950 ca.
Place MadeLincoln, Minnesota, United States, North America
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionTop: softwood plywood: top layer grain runs parallel to strings; one nail through top into each corner block; one nail through top on each side into brace just below lower corners
Back: softwood plywood: top layer grain runs perpendicular to strings; one nail through top into each corner block; one nail through top on each side into brace just below lower corners
Ribs: galvanized sheet steel; bent around corners; red-painted hardwood block with chamfered corners over lower ribs at endpin, affixed with two nails
Head and neck: oak; scroll has ears but no volutes; groove on top of scroll and upper half of pegbox; very wide neck heel
Arching: none
Edging: not scooped; chamfered edges
Purfling: none
Varnish: red paint
Fingerboard: black-painted pine or spruce; very thick
Nut: hardwood painted black over red
Tailpiece: black-painted pine or spruce; saddle does not fully extend to edges; very thick
Tailgut: black-rubber-covered multiple-strand copper electrical wire
Pegs: nickel-plated steel machine tuners with black bakelite heads; plates stamped with two abstract Maltese crosses and interlocking chain border
Saddle: hardwood painted black over red
Endpin: red-painted hardwood
Bridge: white-painted pine or spruce; heart cut through to top edge; small round kidneys
Chinrest: black-painted hardwood with single steel wire brace, glued to body
F-holes: roughly cut; flared upper wings, angled toward outer edges
Linings: none
Corner blocks: pine or spruce; rectangular
Top block: pine or spruce; grain runs parallel to top and back; rectangular
Bottom block: not visible due to inside brace
Bassbar: very wide bassbar with two grooves carved along length; very low height; not tapered; extends to upper rib and bottom brace
Bottom brace: pine or spruce; slightly cut away at joints with top and back on treble and bass sides
Other: white string tied to soundpost
DimensionsTotal Violin length: 637 mm
Back length: 378 mm
Upper bout width: 177 mm
Center bout width: 131 mm
Lower bout width: 218 mm
Upper rib height: 38-40 mm
Center rib height: 38-41 mm
Lower rib height: 39-42 mm
Stop length: 189 mm
Vibrating string length: 322 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 137 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, "Gallery I Nears Completion – Displays American Musical Instruments," Shrine to Music Museum Newsletter 2, No. 1 (April 1975), p. 2.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01136
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1680-1730 ca.
1850-1910 ca.