Giovanni Battista Grancino I, Milan, c. 1700
Viola: 43034
Back: Two-piece, with double purfling
Varnish: Pale orange
Length of back: 41.7 cm
Upper bouts: 18.9 cm
Middle bouts: 12.9 cm
Lower bouts: 23.8 cm
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Provenance
in 2000 | Royal Academy of Music, London |
Known players
Bernard Shore, David Stobbart
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey (2000) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1697.
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg Dating the youngest tree ring to 1697.
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References
- The Strad 1998 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)
- Masterpieces of Italian Violin Making, David Rattray, Outline Press, London (illustrated)
- Museum & Collections - What’s on - Royal Academy of Music