Giovanni Francesco Celoniato, Turin, 1740
Cello: 43046
Back: Two-piece of Italian poplar
Top: Three-piece pine, the center being of wide grain and the flanks of narrower grain
Scroll: of lime wood
Ribs: of wood matching back
Varnish: Pale golden-brown
Length of back: 73.5 cm
Upper bouts: 35.9 cm
Middle bouts: 24.8 cm
Lower bouts: 43.9 cm
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Provenance
| in 2000 | Royal Academy of Music, London |
Certificates & Documents
- Dendrochronology report: John C. Topham, Surrey (2000) Dating the youngest tree ring to 1727.
- Dendrochronology report: Peter Klein, Hamburg Dating the youngest tree ring to 1727.
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References
The Strad 2000 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
The Strad 2000 Calendar, Orpheus Publications, London (illustrated)
