Description

B2887
Maker: Abraham Prescott Bass Violin
Made in Concord, New Hampshire, Circa 1820
7/8th size, flat back, Busetto styled corner blocks.

• Top table is a 6 piece sectional
  plate of modified slab cut pine.
• Back table is a 2 piece
  sectional table of moderately flamed maple with flames slightly descending at the center
  joint.
• The back table is of a later
  period.
• Ribs are of flamed maple
  with maple outer moldings adjacent to the top and back tables.
• The scroll is original of
  plain grain maple with a highly flamed maple neck graft.
• Gears: German style tuning
  gears.
• Varnish: deep reddish Brown
• This fine example of Prescott
  workmanship is a strong projecting Bass with great depth of sound. It was utilized for the
  past several decades in the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
• Overall body length: 47-1/4″
• Width across the upper bout:
  21″
• Width across the center
  bout: 15-7/8″
• Width across the lower bout:
  28-7/8″
• Mensure: 42″