http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/834767/resize%3Aformat%3Dfull;jsessionid=4993CF6766E21A76A4247E1273FD46B3American bass viol1788Benjamin CrehoreMaple, pine, ebonyOne-piece back of slab-cut maple. Ribs of maple with faint medium curl. Later neck of maple with wide irregular curl. Original massive scroll with wide ears, made from two pieces of maple. Two-piece belly of wide-grain white pine (seam off-center). No purfling. Large-headed tuning pegs (one later) of stained maple. Fingerboard, nut (both later), and saddle of ebony. Short endpin of maple painted/stained black. Dark red-brown varnish. Interior construction: Later neck block, but platform carved from back for footed neck. Short, closely-spaced pine triangular liners along all of back and much of belly. Small corner blocks (later?). Long thin bassbar (later?) with with additional short and wide bassbar alongside.Musical instruments12.7000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/detailsrdf/50920;jsessionid=4993CF6766E21A76A4247E1273FD46B3