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violin

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  • Description

    violin, usual style, upper (?) very square, mid orange brown wood, scroll head, four dark brown keys, dark fingerboard, four metal strings, four metal fine tuners, balsa wood bridge with a rubber piece between bridge and string, dark wood tailpiece, mid brown wood end button, chin rest attached (rest on front and back board with one piece metal connection), two thin black border lines on front and back board, two piece back, a broad Stradivari model.

    Case - triangular rounded edge violin shaped, black leatherette covered, flat edge back has metal handle attached in the centre, front two metal clasps, stitched around edges, case interior is lined with green adhesive paper. Lid has place for two bows, a leather piece one end and two metal clips at the head end, interior box that is separate but sits in the case, two drawing pins in the middle of the case

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1998.60.359
  • Accession Date
    10 Oct 1998
  • Other Id

    7 (Maureen)

  • Department

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