/internal/media/dispatcher/834767/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAmerican bass viol1788Benjamin CrehoreLength 132 cm, width 54.6 cm (Length 51 15/16 in., width 21 1/2 in.)Maple, pine, ebonyOtis Norcross Fund1976.1470One-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 instruments12.70000000005092001