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Technical description: Tarnished copper-alloy body comprising one-piece arched top and back screwed to internal longitudinal wood stiffening bars and with edges bent over and soldered to rib assembly; notchless F-holes; conventional soundpost, button, tailpiece, fingerboard, and bridge (stamped E.H. in oval); one-piece neck, pegbox, and scroll of oak; conventional but poorly fitting pegs.
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Title: Violin
Date: 19th century
Geography: Germany
Culture: German
Medium: Copper, oak, ebony
Dimensions:
Total Length: 59.5 cm w/o button
Body Length: 35.3 cm
Approximate string Length: 33 cm
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Object Number: 89.4.2206
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