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Unfinished violin made for a series of specimens showing the various stages of construction of a handmade violin on the Italian system. Two-piece top and linings made of spruce (Picea abies). One-piece back made of diagonal flamed sugar maple (Acer saccharum). Ribs, neck, and scroll made of sugar maple (Acer saccharum). Pegs, nut, fingerboard, saddle, tailpiece, and end-pin made of ebony (Diospyros ebenum). The instrument doesn't have strings, bridge and soundpost. This instrument was donated by the maker himself.

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  • Inscriptions:Paper label inside reads: FARRELL & CO., / Violin and Bow Makers, / AND REPAIRERS. / 181, CALEDONIAN ROAD, LONDON, N. (inside of double lined frame rectangle) |Signed above label with ink: W. J. Farrell (underscored)
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.322-71 Necked box lutes or necked guitars sounded by bowing with a bow
  • Repository:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Measurements:Height: 598mm. Width at lower bout: 209mm. Body height measured on back: 350mm