German Violin
date: label: Date made
content: 1785-1795
notes: label: Description
content: This violin was made in Schönbach, Germany, around 1790. The instrument retains the original neck and top block of maple in one piece with a slot in the pegbox to accommodate a nut. The original bass-bar is unusually long. The instrument bears extensive repairs and retouching of the varnish. This violin is made of a two-piece table of spruce, two-piece back of maple cut on 45o with even medium-fine gently ascending figure, ribs of similar maple, original top block in one piece with maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and a semi-opaque dark reddish-brown varnish.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Czech Republic: Bohemia
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Violins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.76.14
label: catalog number
content: 76.14
label: accession number
content: 322697
objectType: label: Object Name
content: violin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (table material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (bacl material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/2 in x 8 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 59.69 cm x 20.955 cm x 6.35 cm