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Violin

This instrument was used between 1850 and 1900 at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bran End, Stebbing. It is an unsigned violin made with spruce top, and maple back, ribs, neck and scroll. It has four friction ebony pegs with four modern strings attached to a French-style ebony tailpiece. There is a fine tuner for the E string at the tailpiece, and the bridge is also of maple. The fingerboard and nut are probably of ebony. The instrument has an ebony chinrest and a bow, which is probably made of Pernambuco wood. The bow has a silver head plate, an ebony frog with mother-of-pearl inlay and nickel-silver ferrule, horsehair, and a tension screw also of nickel-silver.

  • Measurements:Height: 605mm; Width (at lower bout): 202mm; Body height: 354mm; Bow length: 740mm