Joannes Baptista Guadagnini Bass Violin

Description

Joannes Baptista Guadagnini Bass Violin
7/8 Size, Violin Cornered, Flatback Model
Made in Turin, Italy c. 1760

Former property of bass pedagog, David Perlman
Top table is a four-piece plate of spruce ranging from modified slab-cut at the center to fine vertical grained
Back table is a two-piece plate of slightly figured poplar
Ribs of matching poplar to that of the back table
Original scroll of plain grained maple with a slightly flamed maple neck graft
Individual Baker style tuning gears
Varnish is a magnificent deep reddish brown with amber hues
This instrument is one of the most glorious orchestral basses; great depth and projection; even in all registers; one of the finest instruments ever to enter the Kolstein collection
Excellent condition
Overall body length: 45 1/8 in.
Width at the upper bout: 19 1/4 in.
Width at the center bout: 15 in.
Width at the lower bout: 26 3/16 in.
Mensure (string length): 42 3/4 in.