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Violoncello

ALTERNATE NAME(S)

Cello

Maker Ernst Reinhold Schmidt

Date1931 ca.

Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe

ModelAmati

Serial No.none

SignedLabel: [scroll over eagle with text "Schmidts Standard"] COPY OF / Nicolaus Amati / fecit E. Reinhold Schmidt / Saxony
Markingsnone
DescriptionTop: two piece spruce of narrow grain broadening to wide
Back: quarter-cut maple with medium curl descending slightly from center joint
Sides: quarter-cut maple, medium curl
Head and neck: maple; broad curl
Varnish: medium brown, shaded
Fingerboard: ebony, bevelled at C-string position
Nut: missing
Tailpiece: black-stained hardwood
Tailgut: red gut
Pegs: ebony
Saddle: ebony
Endpin: black-stained hardwood fixture with brass ferrule
F-holes: slightly undercut
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: spruce
Top block: spruce
Bottom block: spruce
DimensionsBack lengtth: 764 mm
Back width, upper bout: 342 mm
Back width, center bout: 237 mm
Back width, lower bout: 450 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson, original owner, 1931
Arne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number01278

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