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Fiddle

Lute-backed fiddle of bizarre form with slightly waisted outline. Two-piece arched front of medium to wide grain at edges; two simplified f-shaped soundholes. Remains of tail-pin replaced by glued-on platform to which missing tailpiece was attached by three screws. Upper and lower ends of back of coconut shells or similar, joined by a central semi-cylindrical section of ?burr ash or similar wood. Tricolour linen tape over joints between shells and wood, and along top edges of back. Decorative collars or rings glued to back each side of upper bouts, one remaining. Maple neck and pegbox with a large dragon head finial grafted on. Fingerboard of nearly flat section of ?ash veneer on an ebonised wedge. Holes for six pegs.

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  • Repository:Royal College of Music Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 646mm. Width: 134mm. Depth: 85mm.