Violin
Date1880-1900 ca.
Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe
ModelRussian
Serial No.none
SignedWritten in black ink on paper label, the label and inside of violin stained brown: Ivan Petrovitsch / MoscoMarkingsnoneDescriptionBody: guitar-shaped with curved ribs; "Russian" style; very narrow center boutsTop: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: fine grain
Back: one-piece, quarter-cut maple: prominent, very narrow curl, ascending from treble to bass; scored mark near endpin indicating center position
Ribs: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: very faint, very narrow curl; first bent to guitar-shape, then carved to a curved shape on the inside and outside, and linings added
Head and neck: maple: medium curl; channel in neck at fingerboard position
Pegbox and scroll: edges rounded; reeded rather than Fluted, with central ridge
Edging: edges tapered and flush with ribs
Varnish: medium brown; slightly shaded; later medium red-brown varnish on scroll
Fingerboard: ebony; very slightly wedge-shaped
Nut: ebony
Tailpiece: ebony; decoratively molded saddle carved rather than inlaid; face carved with image of cherub playing the violin
Tailgut: red gut
Pegs: two black-varnished pearwood, not matched; one varnished ebony with mother-of-pearl eye; one ebony with mother-of-pearl eye
Saddle: ebony; curved to shape of edge
Endpin: black-stained pearwood; large
F-holes: wings fully rounded; notch corners rounded; undercut; inside edges stained black
Linings: spruce
Bottom block: spruce; small
Bassbar: narrow, long, low height
Structural Feature: 4 strings
Other: inside of body stained brown; glued with casein glue
DimensionsTotal Russian Violin length: 595 mm
Body length: 354 mm
Upper bout body width: 167 mm
Center bout body width: 97 mm
Lower bout body width: 210 mm
Back length: 351 mm
Upper bout back width: 164 mm
Center bout back width: 95 mm
Lower bout body width: 206 mm
Upper rib height: 27 mm
Center rib height: 27 mm
Lower rib height: 26-27 mm
Stop length: 185 mm
Vibrating string length: 316 mm
Neck length (nut to ribs): 126 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Published ReferencesAndré P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p.32 and 65.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01298
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