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Charles Galliard Bass Violin

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Charles Galliard Bass Violin 7/8 Size, Violin-cornered, Roundback Made in France c. 19th century

  • Top table is a two-piece plate of medium vertical grained spruce
  • Back table is a two-piece plate of flamed maple
  • Ribs of matching maple to that of the back table with decorative maple overlay outer moldings
  • Original scroll of moderately flamed maple with a moderately flamed maple neck graft
  • Individual German inlaid tuning gears
  • Varnish is deep reddish brown
  • This is the primary bass of the late Jazz pedagogue Maestro Milton Hinton
  • Excellent condition
  • Overall body length: 45 in.
  • Width at the upper bout: 20 5/8 in.
  • Width at the center bout: 15 1/2 in.
  • Width at the lower bout: 26 3/4 in.
  • Mensure (string length): 42 1/2 in.

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