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Abraham Prescott Bass Violin Circa 1820

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SKU: B2887
B2887 Maker: Abraham Prescott Bass Violin Made in Concord, New Hampshire, Circa 1820 7/8th size, flat back, Busetto styled corner blocks.
  • Top table is a 6 piece sectional plate of modified slab cut pine.
  • Back table is a 2 piece sectional table of moderately flamed maple with flames slightly descending at the center joint.
  • The back table is of a later period.
  • Ribs are of flamed maple with maple outer moldings adjacent to the top and back tables.
  • The scroll is original of plain grain maple with a highly flamed maple neck graft.
  • Gears: German style tuning gears.
  • Varnish: deep reddish Brown
  • This fine example of Prescott workmanship is a strong projecting Bass with great depth of sound. It was utilized for the past several decades in the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
  • Overall body length: 47-1/4"
  • Width across the upper bout: 21"
  • Width across the center bout: 15-7/8"
  • Width across the lower bout: 28-7/8"
  • Mensure: 42"

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is in our opinion, the work of Giulio Degani, made in Venice, Italy, circa 1910, and is so labeled within.
The instrument is a full size violin. The top table is  a two-piece plate of fine vertical grain spruce.  The back table is a two-piece plate of moderately flamed maple slightly descending from the center joint. The ribs are of matching character to that of the back table.  The neck and scroll are originall of slightly figured maple. The color of the varnish is a deep reddish brown.  The instrument is in mint condition.

OBL: 356 mm

UB: 165 mm

CB: 117 mm

LB: 210 mm