/internal/media/dispatcher/1086490/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=6D84098C1DBAEAD9D831ED46B3721F96American bass viol1807William GreenLength 120.5 cm, width 43.3 cm (Length 47 7/16 in., width 17 1/16 in.)Maple, pineMuseum purchase with funds donated anonymously2009.22220One-piece back and ribs of slab-cut maple. Belly of wide-grain white pine. Painted purfling, interrupted at top of back by pattern of crosses and dots. Neck and pegbox of mzaple. Old fingerboard and tailpiece of maple, painted black; tailpiece with saddle and two inlays (heart- and diamond-shaped) of bone. Later tuning pegs of rosewood (?). Two later bridges of maple. Later endpin of steel. Later reddish varnish, with faux woodgraining on back. Internal construction: Footed neck with point at toe; two reinforcing blocks of wood glued alongside. Wide, flat lower block. Regular liners and thin corner blocks.
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