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Violin

Date1940

Place MadeKimball, South Dakota, United States, North America

Serial No.none

SignedWritten in black ink on large paper label: Made by (imitation of typescript) / Claire Brady (signature) / Kimball, S. Dak. / - 1940 -MarkingsnoneDescriptionTop: one-piece spruce cut off-the-quarter: wide grain on bass side, narrow grain on treble side
Back: one-piece spruce cut off-the-quarter: wide grain on bass side, narrow grain on treble side
Ribs: semi-slab-cut maple: wide grain; lower rib joint to bass side of endpin
Head and neck: hardwood: one turn on scroll; large scroll eyes with depressions at center; back of pegbox not fluted; wide neck heel; patch in wood under fingerboard at neck heel
Arching: high at center bouts
Edging: not scooped
Purfling: none
Varnish: medium red-brown with craquelure; shaded lighter at center bouts
Fingerboard: varnished spruce
Nut: spruce
Tailpiece: hardwood; narrow; saddle glued but not inlaid to top
Tailgut: varnished gut
Pegs: four brown-stained hardwood
Saddle: missing; was glued to top; extended far inward
Endpin: four hardwood; large, dome-shaped head; no collar
F-holes: wide; long, very narrow upper wings; large, oval upper eyes; no notches
Linings: spruce; very thick, with rounded edges
Corner blocks: spruce; grain runs parallel to top and back; small
Top block: integral with neck; rectangular; rectangular platform carved from top and back above and below top block
Bottom block: hardwood; cut from small tree, the pith visible on outer side of block; rectangular; rectangular platform carved from back below bottom block; wooden shim between top and bottom block
Bassbar: carved from top; wide; long; rounded edges
Other: long corners; joints glued with casein glue
DimensionsTotal violin length: 586 mm
Back length: 361 mm
Upper bout width: 173 mm
Center bout width: 112 mm
Lower bout width: 216 mm
Upper rib height: 27-28 mm
Center rib height: 27-28 mm
Lower rib height: 27-28 mm
Stop length: 181 mm
Vibrating string length: 316 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 139 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.

Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979

Object number03338

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