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Miniature violin
Miniature violin with bow and case. Spruce soundboard, one-piece maple back and ribs. Purfling on front and back of body. Ebony tailpiece, fingerboard, button and tuning pegs. Four gut strings. Detachable bridge. Paper label adhered inside body reads: J.A.BAADER & Co./in Mittenwald. Wooden bow with ivory tip, ebony frog with mother of pearl inlay. Leather banding. Tensioning screw missing. Case made of oak with green velvet lining and brass fittings.
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1800-1825 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Mittenwald (Timezone: Europe/Berlin) - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:321.322 Necked box lutes or necked guitars
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- Materials:gut, cotton tape, leather, mother of pearl, ivory, steel, horsehair, pernambuco, maple, spruce, paper, copper alloy, velvet, oak
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:321.322 Necked box lutes or necked guitars
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens