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Violin

back: 1 piece of mottled wood, crudely modelled, hasty irregular black lines in place of purfling; varnish light red. Belly: 2 pieces pine; nuts, fingerboard, pegs of painted whitewood. Neck: glued to outside of body. Scroll: very rough-hewn. Inside: without lining, corner-blocks. Length 580, body 352, width 158/111/190, ribs 28, fingerboard 156

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  • Period:late 19th century
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music