New England Bass Viol
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1840
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This Violoncello or Bass Viol (five-string) was made by an unknown maker in New England, about 1840. It has a two-piece table of pine, two-piece back of American maple with fine medullary ray, ribs of similar maple, plain fruitwood neck, pegbox and scroll with provision for five pegs, and an opaque reddish-brown varnish.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p> This instrument has a strip of newsprint from the: Indep—dent Chronicle ADVERTISER, 6.8 cm. in width, extending the length of the back along the center joint. A similar small strip of newsprint is used to secure the inlaid ribs into the back.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This instrument, in fragments is mainly original, allowing study of original features and details of construction. The neck, fingerboard, bass bar and tailpiece are intact. Bone “diamond” pattern inlays in the fingerboard are complemented by bone “ears” on the scroll and a bone saddle.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles P. Fisher
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0633.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0633
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0633.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: viol
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pine (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 18 3/4 in x 49 in; 16.51 cm x 47.625 cm x 124.46 cm