Violin
Date1840-1880 ca.
Place MadeUnited States, North America
Place MadeGermany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsWritten in black ballpoint pen on inside of back: 1611
Bridge stamped: DRESDEN
DescriptionFolk violin with notably square shoulders, long corners, flat arching, and heavy weight
Top: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: wide grain
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: prominent, medium curl descending from center joint
Ribs: maple: plain; carved from one piece of wood, not bent
Head and neck: maple: faint, narrow curl; elongated pegbox; holes drilled in scroll ears; pegbox lined in ebony
Arching: very slight
Edging: edges slightly scooped
Varnish: light brown; craquelure in places with heavy deposits
Fingerboard: ebony; slightly wedge-shaped; minimal curvature; thin; ebony wedge under fingerboard
Nut: ebony; set into pegbox, so that inside edges of nut and fingerboard are 6 mm in from front edge of pegbox
Tailpiece: bone; saddle carved rather than inlaid
Tailgut: gut
Pegs: medium-brown hardwood with ebony eyes; rectangularly-shaped heads with flared, rounded ends
Saddle: ebony; tall
Endpin: medium brown hardwood; ebony end with bone eye
F-holes: rounded lower wings
Linings: poplar or related wood
Corner blocks: spruce
Other: chin wear on bass side of tailpiece
DimensionsTotal violin length: 615 mm
Back length: 356 mm
Upper bout width: 159 mm
Center bout width: 108 mm
Lower bout width: 200 mm
Upper rib height: 24-26 mm
Center rib height: 23-26 mm
Lower rib height: 23-26 mm
Stop length: 195 mm
Vibrating string length: 329 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 number04205
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1880-1900 ca.