Giovanni Cavani Bass Violin

Description

Giovanni Cavani Bass Violin
3/4 Size, Gamba Shaped, Roundback Model
Made in Spilimbergo, Italy c. 1884

Top table is a four-piece plate of medium vertical grained spruce
Back table is a three-piece plate of slab-cut pearwood
Ribs of matching pearwood to that of the back table
Original scroll of plain grained pearwood with a burled flame maple neck graft
Individual brass Baker style tuning gears
Varnish is deep reddish brown
Excellent condition
Overall body length: 43 1/4 in.
Width at the upper bout: 20 1/2 in.
Width at the center bout: 15 1/2 in.
Width at the lower bout: 25 1/2 in.
Mensure (string length): 41 1/2 in.