Jacope Lorenzelli Bass Violin

Description

Jacope Lorenzelli Bass Violin
7/8 Size, Violin Cornered, Modified Swellback
Made in Venice, Italy c. 1889
Presently in the collection of Mr. Louis Kosma
New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Top table is a five-piece plate of spruce ranging in grain from medium vertical grained to slab-cut
Back table is a three-piece plate of slab-cut maple with ebony half-moon at the neck block button
Ribs of matching maple to that of the back table
Original scroll of plain grained maple with a highly flamed maple neck graft by Samuel Kolstein & Son, Ltd. in 1985
Authentic individual brass Baker tuners mounted on brass plates
Varnish is brownish amber
Most impressive deep, lush quality of sound; a most powerful instrument
Excellent condition
Overall body length: 46 in.
Width at the upper bout: 21 5/8 in.
Width at the center bout: 15 3/4 in.
Width at the lower bout: 27 1/2 in.
Mensure (string length): 41 7/8 in.