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Violoncello

Alternate name:Cello

Date: 1860 ca.

Place Made:Norway, Europe

Model: none

Serial No: none

Signednone

Markingsnone

DescriptionTop: two piece spruce of narrow grain broadening to wide
Back: quarter-cut maple with medium curl ascending slightly from center joint
Sides: quarter-cut maple, narrow curl; rounded corners
Head and neck: maple; plain
Varnish: medium orange with slight cracquelure
Fingerboard: ebony, bevelled at C-string position
Nut: missing
Tailpiece: missing
Tailgut: missing
Pegs: ebony
Saddle: ebony
Endpin: ebony fixture with brass hardware and steel spike
F-holes: sharply cut, long notches
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: spruce
Top block: spruce
Bottom block: spruce

DimensionsBack length: 743 mm
Back width, upper bout: 326 mm
Back width, center bout: 212 mm
Back width, lower bout: 416 mm

ProvenanceBrought from Norway by Mads Ouren, brother of Johannes Ouren of Linden (later Hanska), Minnesota, ca. 1868.
Later played by Mads nephew, Nels Ouren, son of Johannes.
Donated to Arne by Evelyn Blomquist, Hanska, Minnesota, daughter of Nels Ouren, Hanska, Minnesota,1965.
Arne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.

Terms

Violoncello

Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Not on view

Object number: 02895