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Viola

Date1920-1943 ca.

Place MadeFrederick, South Dakota, United States, North America

SignedWritten in black in on brown paper label: Newton D. Atkins, / Frederick, S.D_U.S.a
MarkingsWritten in black ink on brown paper label: Repaired by Kerby Brown / Son of David ~ / Harrisburg SD 1986 [cross]
DescriptionNewton D. Atkins, born November 24, 1867 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, to Homer W. and Martha M. Atkins. Father was farmer. In 1880 family was in Richland, IN, in 1883, in South Dakota according SD state census. Documented in Frederick, SD, and died in August, 2, 1943 in Brown County, SD.

Top: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: fine grain in bass broadening to wide in treble; joint is in far bass side of lower bout
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: irregular medium curl descending from center joint
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: medium curl
Head and neck: maple: irregular broad curl; deeply cut channels in scroll and pegbox
Edging: deeply cut recurve, particularly in corners where bee sting is offset
Varnish: light brown
Fingerboard: ebony
Nut: ebony
Tailpiece: ebony; saddle does not extend fully to edge
Tailgut: black plastic
Pegs: four ebony with mother-of-pearl eyes
Saddle: ebony; finished with same varnish as body
Endpin: ebony
F-holes: lower wings channeled
Linings: spruce
Corner blocks: spruce
Top block: spruce
Bottom block: spruce
DimensionsTotal viola length: 653 mm (15-3/4")
Back length: 399 mm
Upper bout width: 192 mm
Center bout width: 122 mm
Lower bout width: 238 mm
Upper rib height: 38-39 mm
Center rib height: 38-39 mm
Lower rib height: 38-40 mm
Stop length: 220 mm
Vibrating string length: 367 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 146 mm

Credit LineGift of Dr. Joseph E. Koob, II, 2024

Object number15830

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