Violin
Date1860-1890 ca.
Place MadeSaxony, Germany, Europe
Place MadeUnited States, North America
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsWritten in blue ballpoint pen on cloth tape affixed to back upper bout: 112 / 3
DescriptionComposite violin with Saxon back, ribs, and neck, and American top
Top: two-piece, quarter-cut pine: fine grain; filled pitch pockets near joint in center bout, treble side
Back: one-piece, quarter-cut maple: plain, with knot and a broad curl in upper bout; small, short button; nail hole through button into neck heel, nail now missing; filled dowel hole through back at neck heel, does not enter neck heel; two filled dowel holes through back into bottom block
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: plain
Head and neck: maple: plain
Purfling: scratched, black-ink-filled double lines on top; inlaid on back
Varnish: light yellow-orange on top; dark brown on back and ribs; dark red-brown with slight craquelure on scroll; only scroll varnish is original to Saxon portion of violin
Fingerboard: black-stained dark tropical hardwood; later
Pegs: three black-stained light hardwood; one dark tropical hardwood
Saddle: missing; original was set into top
Endpin: black-stained pearwood; mother-of-pearl eye
F-holes: rounded upper and lower wings; inside edges stained dark brown
Linings: spruce; wide
Corner blocks: hollow, spruce lower corner blocks; no upper corner blocks
Top block: spruce; rectangular with curved inner face and slightly rounded corners
Bassbar: tall, rectangular; glued at angle to top grain, the lower bout end further from the center line than the upper bout end
Other: saw marks visible on inside of ribs; peach-colored string tied to soundpost
DimensionsTotal violin length: 589 mm
Back length: 359 mm
Upper bout width: 165 mm
Center bout width: 106 mm
Lower bout width: 206 mm
Upper rib height: 28-29 mm
Center rib height: 28-29 mm
Lower rib height: 28-29 mm
Stop length: 193 mm
Vibrating string length: 331 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 134 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number03859
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