Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, Turin, 1834

Viola: 47895

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Bearing its original label, "Joannes Franciscus Pressenda q. Raphael, fecit Taurini anno Domini 1834."

Inscribed within the pegbox, "P."

Illustrated in Liuteria Italiana: Vol. IV by Eric Blot.

Back: in one piece of quarter cut maple with mainly horizontal broad-width flame.

Top: in two pieces of spruce with narrow to medium-width grain broadening toward the edges.

Scroll: of similar wood with narrower figure.

Ribs: of similar wood but of less pronounced curl.

Varnish: of a red dark golden-brown color / Red-brown over a dark golden ground

Length of back: 39.2 cm

Upper bouts: 18.0 cm

Middle bouts: 12.1 cm

Lower bouts: 22.5 cm

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Notes:

"The neck of the instrument is original and inside the peg box we can see a curious design with the letter 'P,' rarely found on his instruments."

Liuteria Italiana: Vol. IV, Eric Blot, Eric Blot, Liuteria Italiana: Volume IV, 1800-1950: 150 Years of Violinmaking in Piedmont, Cremona

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Liuteria Italiana: Volume IV, 1800-1950: 150 Years of Violinmaking in Piedmont, Eric Blot, Eric Blot Edizioni, Cremona (illustrated)

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