Violin
Date1920-1950 ca.
Place MadeUnited States, North America
ModelExperimental
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionExperimental model Violin with very deep, narrow body, the circular soundholes cut into soundboards on the sides, rather than the top, and the top, back, and neck carved from a single piece of slab-cut hackberry or elm.
Top: one-piece hackberry or elm; same piece as back and neck; hole of 15 mm diameter under end of fingerboard plugged with hackberry
Back: one-piece hackberry or elm; same piece as top and neck; curves outward in upper and lower bouts; large, prominent lower outward curve functions as shoulder rest
Sides: slab-cut hackberry or elm; circular soundholes of 25-26 mm diameter cut into each side in center of upper third; slightly rounded edges
Head and neck: hackberry or elm; same piece as top and back; very large scroll
Arching: slightly arched top and back
Edging: not scooped
Purfling: none
Varnish: medium brown stain
Fingerboard: medium-brown-stained maple
Nut: dark-brown-stained maple or fruitwood; upper two-thirds scooped inward; set into neck
Tailpiece: medium-brown-stained maple; dark-brown-stained maple or fruitwood saddle; pointed leaf with jagged edges incised into face
Tailgut: none; thin, bottom portion glued between endpin and chinrest
Pegs: four light-brown-stained hackberry or elm; no collars
Saddle: none
Endpin: large block carved from bottom end of hackberry or elm piece forming top, back, and neck; rounded lower side; ridges on bass and treble sides emerging from inward curves
Chinrest: slab-cut hackberry or elm; glued to thin, bottom portion of tailpiece
F-holes: none; soundholes of 25-26 mm diameter cut in center, upper third of sides
Linings: none
Corner blocks: none
Top block: none
Bottom block: none
Bassbar: none
Soundpost: medium-brown-stained pine or spruce; very long; carved rather than turned
Other: tool marks visible on outside of sides; gouge marks visible on inside of body
DimensionsTotal Violin length (without chinrest): 615 mm
Body length: 333 mm
Upper bout width: 65 mm
Center bout width: 71 mm
Lower bout width: 78 mm
Upper rib height: 108 mm
Center rib height: 106 mm
Lower rib height: 166 mm
Stop length: 200 mm
Vibrating string length: 333 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 136 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number01320
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1900-1940 ca.
1920-1960 ca.
