Romeo Gabute Maggini Model Bass Violin

Description

Romeo Gabute Maggini Model Bass Violin
Copy of master Brescian maker Paolo Maggini
7/8 Size, Violin Cornered, Roundback Model
Made in the Philippines c. 1997

Top table is two-piece slab-cut pine
Back table is two-piece plain grained maple with slight figuring
Top and back tables have the traditional double inlaid line purfling
Ribs of matching maple to that of the back table with ebony inserts located at the neck block
Original scroll of plain grained calantas with a plain grained maple neck graft
The gears are individual brass rococo tuners
Varnish is reddish brown
Tonal qualities: lush, dark, projecting sound; even in all registers
Mint condition
Overall body length: 43 1/2 in. (110.6 cm.)
Width at the upper bout: 20 5/8 in. (52.4 cm.)
Width at the center bout: 15 in. (38 cm.)
Width at the lower bout: 26 in. (66 cm.)
Mensure (string length): 41 5/8 in. (105.7 cm.)
Kolstein padded cover included with purchase