Violoncello
Alternate name(s)
- Cello
Date1890-1930 ca.
Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Upper Saxony, Germany
ModelJ. B. Gagliano / Cremona
Serial No.none
SignedPaper facsimile label: J B Gagliano alomnus [sic] Stradivarius / Fecit Cremone [sic] Anno 1726MarkingsBridge stamped AUBERT toward tailpiece
DescriptionTop: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: medium and fine grain; one locating pin on the bass side of the center joint through the top into bottom block
Back: two-piece maple, quarter cut in upper gradually changing to slab cut in lower bout narrow horizontal curl in upper bout changing gradually to broad irregular curl descending center in the lower bout; two locating pins each in either side of the center seam in the top and bottom block; two additional locating pins in the button [possibly later], later ebony crown over button
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: faint narrow curl
Head and neck: maple: plain, inside of pegbox stained dark red, line scribed to give the appearance of a neck graft, corners chamfered,
Arching: low and flat
Edging: very minor scoop with rounded edges
Purfling: wood, 2 mm wide, inconsistent component thicknesses
Varnish: deep orange in color, later
Fingerboard: ebony, beveled under C string
Nut: ebony
Tailpiece: ebony
Tailgut: black, synthetic
Pegs: four ebony, one nonmatching ebony peg with varnished head and black painted eye
Saddle: ebony
Endpin: black painted hardwood with nickel plated steel and nickel plated brass hardware
F-holes: inside edges stained dark red, lower eyes notably oval, notches are steeply angled, lower wing channeled
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: spruce
Top block: spruce
Bottom block: spruce
Bassbar: spruce
Other: the inside of the instrument has been stained a similar deep orange color to the exterior
DimensionsTotal cello length: 1196 mm
Back length: 742 mm
Upper bout width: 326 mm
Center bout width: 230 mm
Lower bout width: 421 mm
Upper rib height: 124 mm
Center rib height: 124 mm
Lower rib height: 125 mm
Stop length: 410 mm
Vibrating string length: 710 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 284 mm
Credit LineGift of Lesley Kristin Winley, 1975
Object number01326
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