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Double Bass

1734
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Double Bass
  • Maker: Johann Ulrich Eberle (Austrian, Vils, Tyrol, 1699–1768 Prague)
  • Date: 1734
  • Geography: Prague, Czech Republic
  • Culture: Czech
  • Medium: Wood
  • Dimensions: Total length: 196.6 cm
    Body length: 116.2
    String length: 111.5
    Upper bouts: 54.5
    Middle bouts: 36.6
    Lower bouts: 70
    Upper ribs: 20.7
    Middle ribs: 22.4
    Lower ribs: 22
  • Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange; Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Day, Fred Miller, Mrs. G. C. Glynn and Mr. and Mrs. Jason Berger, in honor of Angna Enters, by exchange; Gifts in memory of June Reid; and Deborah Autorino Gift, 1983
  • Object Number: 1983.130
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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