Otello Bignami, Bologna, 1977
Violin: 103262
Labeled, "Otello Bignami, fece in Bologna, 1977."
Signed to the label. Branded to the lower rib, "OB." Bearing the maker's inlaid monogram to the button.
Back: in one piece of quarter cut maple with narrow-width flame ascending from the bass side.
Top: in two pieces of spruce with irregular narrow-width grain.
Ribs: and the head of a similar wood.
Varnish: of a golden orange-brown color.
Length of back: 35.5 cm
Upper bouts: 16.8 cm
Middle bouts: 11.5 cm
Lower bouts: 20.9 cm
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Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Tarisio, Berlin (2022)
Letter: Otello Bignami (photocopy), Bologna (1977) A letter by the maker to the first buyer of the violin, describing Yehudi Menuhin's encounter with the violin in Glasgow in 1977.
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