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Title: Double Bass and Bow
Maker:
Probably by Charles Plumerel (French, mid-19th century)
Date: mid to late 18th century
Geography: Mirecourt, France
Culture: French
Medium: wood, brass
Dimensions: 89.4.491 a: Body length: 1125/1120 cm (top/back) (442.9/440.9 in.); Upper bouts: 530/520 cm (208.66/204.72 in.): Center bouts: 357/348 cm (140.55/137.01in.); Lower bouts: 658/645 cm (259.1/253.9in.); Rib heights: 156/200/197 cm (upper/center/tail) (61.4/78.7/77.6 in.); Max. Ht. arching 256 cm (100.8 in.); String length 1070 cm (421.26 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number: 89.4.941a, b
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