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6-string model. Back: 3 pieces of sycamore, rounded, with an oblong sound-hole, closed at the end with a similar curved piece, varnished dark red-brown, with a black line round the edge; hole for sling button. Belly: one piece of pine, very slightly curved, varnished as the back; fingerboard: ebony, with 16 brass frets and ivory nut; neck secured to the block with 3 wooden pins, and painted dark green; 6 sagittal posterior pegs, with a pearl spot at each end; an ebony sling button at the end. Inside: 3 crossbars on the belly. Length 970, body 470, width 330, depth 180, fingerboard 398

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  • Repository:Royal Northern College of Music