Giovanni Baptista Grancino Bass Violin

Description

Giovanni Baptista Grancino Bass Violin
7/8 Size, Violin-cornered, Modified Swellback
Made in Milan, Italy c. 1699

Top table is a three-piece plate of slab cut spruce
Back table is a one-piece plate of slab cut willow
Ribs of matching willow to that of the back table
Original scroll of plain grained maple with a plain grained maple neck graft
Individual brass tuning gears inlaid into the cheeks of the scroll
Varnish is deep reddish brown
Excellent condition
Overall body length: 110.5 cm.
Width at the upper bout: 50.7 cm.
Width at the center bout: 37.2 cm.
Width at the lower bout: 67 cm.
Mensure (string length): 41 1/2 in.