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back, ribs: mahogany, varnished brown, edged with ebony, with an ebony strip at the joint of the ribs and a rosewood or mahogany endpin with a larger pearl spot. Belly: 2 pieces of pine, varnished golden-brown; bridge: fixed, painted mahogany with an inlaid pearl plate, and 6 ebony pins (1 is odd); neck: beech. Fingerboard: mahogany, with 17 brass frets and an ebony nut. Head: flat, beech with ebony veneer, brass machine-tuning with ivory heads to the pegs and bobbins; inside: 6 transverse and 2 longitudinal bars and pine linings. Length 965, body 450, width 218/159/283, depth 88, strings 633, fingerboard 410

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  • Period:second quarter of 19th century
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  • Inscriptions:label: Theodore C. Bates / Manufacturer, / 6 LUDGATE HILL, LONDON.
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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music