Giovanni Maria del Bussetto Bass Violin

Description

Giovanni Maria del Bussetto Bass Violin
Modified 7/8 Size, Flat-back Model
Upper Gamba Corners, Lower Bussetto Corners
Made in Cremona, Italy c. 1670

Top table is a six-piece plate of modified slab-cut fir
Back table of a later period is a two-piece plate of English maple
Ribs of slightly figured maple with maple outer moldings adjoining the top and back tables
Original scroll of plain grained maple with a slightly figured maple neck graft
Individual decorative brass tuning gears from a later period
Varnish is dark reddish brown
Fully restored to excellent condition
Overall body length: 45 1/2 in.
Width at the upper bout: 19 in.
Width at the center bout: 11 1/2 in.
Width at the lower bout: 26 1/2 in.
Mensure (string length): 41 in.