Violin
Date1890-1910 ca.
Place MadeMarkneukirchen, Saxony, Germany, Europe
ModelNicolo Amati
Serial No.none
SignedPrinted on paper label: Nicolaus Amatus fecit / in Cremona 1645Markingsnone
DescriptionTop: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: fine grain
Back: two-piece maple cut off-the-quarter: very narrow, horizontal curl
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: varying curls, narrow in upper and center bouts, broad in lower bouts, angled to right on bass side, angled to left on treble side
Head and neck: maple: medium curl; inside of pegbox stained black
Purfling: narrow center strip
Varnish: medium orange
Fingerboard: black-stained, dark tropical hardwood
Nut: ebony; later
Pegs: four black-varnished ebony
Saddle: ebony; finished with same varnish as body
Endpin: ebony with mother-of-pearl eye
F-holes: slightly undercut; inside edges stained black
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: spruce lower corner blocks; no upper corner blocks
Bassbar: carved from top
Other: circular saw marks visible on inside of ribs
DimensionsTotal violin length: 590 mm
Back length: 358 mm
Upper bout width: 160 mm
Center bout width: 106 mm
Lower bout width: 205 mm
Upper rib height: 31-32 mm
Center rib height: 31 mm
Lower rib height: 30-31 mm
Stop length: 196 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 number03975
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