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Violin.

Technical description: Soundboard of spruce; ribs, back, neck and head of sycamore; fingerboard, tailpiece, soundboard protector of ebony; pegs of rosewood; endpin of boxwood with inlaid ebony and mother-of-pearl. The soundboard grain is bookmatched, of variable ring growth spacing, and affected by tree damage on the bass upper bout and just above the treble f-hole. Purfling of ebony/sycamore/ebony. Plugged holes at the top and bottom of the soundboard to position on the instrument. Arch of soundboard 16mm. The lower bout rib is a single piece. The ribs and back are of medium figured sycamore, the back is of two pieces, 14mm arch, the figure going up towards the neck in the centre and down at the edges. The back has ebony/sycamore/ebony purfling. Extra pieces were added to the lower bouts to provide enough width. The head has been grafted onto the neck, but it appears that the head and neck are from the same piece of wood. The neck is 131 long; fingerboard 266 long, 23.3 wide at the nut and 41.4 wide at the bottom. There is some slight marking and ingrained dirt where the chin has rested on the soundboard. Repair History: Some repaired damage, a number of cracks have been fixed, pieces have been added to replace damaged edges at the lower bouts, and an added piece to repair damage to the lower hole of the treble f-hole.

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