Violin
Maker
Douglas Cox
Date1990
Place MadeBrattleboro, Vermont, United States, North America
ModelStradivari Long Pattern
Serial No.178
SignedFascimile paper label with visibly lined texture, the last three digits of year written in black ink: Antonius Stradiuarius Cremonenſis / Faciebat Anno 1693 [† / AS monogram in double-line circle]Printed on light brown paper label with visibly lined texture, visible through treble f-hole, the bottom edge cut angling upward on the right side to accommodate the center rib, the signature initials and serial number written in black ballpoint pen: Douglas C. Cox 1990 / BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT / DC #178DescriptionThis violin is a copy of the National Music Museum's 1693 Harrison Stradivari Long Pattern (NMM 3598) violin, in baroque setup.
Top: two-piece, quarter-cut spruce: fine grain
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: narrow curl descending from center joints; maple dowel through back into top block, under purfling; maple dowel through back into bottom block, under purfling; button chamfer painted black
Ribs: quarter-cut maple: medium curl; one-piece lower rib with notches at top and bottom indicating center position; rib corners chamfered
Head and neck: maple: narrow curl; scroll and pegbox chamfers painted black
Varnish: medium red-orange
Fingerboard: maple with rectangular ebony veneer inlaid over most of surface; wedge shaped with notches at neck heel position; short
Nut: bone
Tailpiece: maple with rectangular ebony veneer inlaid over most of surface; simple drilled string holes; tailgut passes through holes drilled in face
Tailgut: red gut
Pegs: mountain mahogany with bone pins and undercut heads, by Eric Meyer, Portland, Oregon
Saddle: bone; flat; does not extend inside purfling; finished with same varnish as body
Endpin: mountain mahogany; groove around edge; concave ring around head center; hole at head center; by Eric Meyer
Bridge: maple; prominent, narrow curl; Stradivari model; upside-down heart; small, round kidneys with steeply angle inlets; high feet; small hole drilled above heart
F-holes: lower wings channeled; slightly undercut
Linings: American willow; wide
Corner blocks: American willow
Top block: American willow; three forged iron nails through top block into neck heel
Bottom block: American willow
Bassbar: low height
Other: inside of body stained brownDimensionsTotal violin length: 590 mm
Back length: 363 mm
Upper bout width: 162 mm
Center bout width: 109 mm
Lower bout width: 203 mm
Upper rib height: 31-32 mm
Center rib height: 31-32 mm
Lower rib height: 31-32 mm
Stop length: 198 mm
Vibrating string length: 326 mm
Neck length (bottom of nut to ribs): 128 mmProvenanceDonated by the maker. Cox presented a paper concerning the instrument's construction at the Violin Society of America annual meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 7, 1990. Published ReferencesDouglas C. Cox, "Copying the Harrison Stradivari," Journal of the Violin Society of America 11, No. 3 (1992).
Credit LineGift of Douglas C. Cox, 1990
Object number05046
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