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Rebecchino, a three-stringed rebec-type instrument. Body, neck and pegbox carved from one piece of ?poplar. Flat front of poplar or willow with two rudimentary f-shaped soundholes. The neck is hollowed and covered with a poplar fingerboard whose underside is also hollowed. Simple, unpierced, bridge, the flat top grooved for a missing insert. The tailpiece is hitched to an integral endpin with twine. The soundpost under the centre of the bridge was inserted through a hole in the back. Simple flat-faced hook finial to pegbox; three carved, not turned, pegs of oak; nut of oak in a sawcut. Simple painted decoration of lines and dots, in blue, black and red, on front and fingerboard. Three plain gut strings.
- Date:
late 19th century - Maker:
Anonymous - Collection:
Royal College of Music Museum - Inventory number:
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Italy
- Measurements:Length: 537mm. Width: 122mm.
- View the original record:http://museumcollections.rcm.ac.uk/collection/Details/collect/1182