Screw clamp for ribs - XVII-XVIII C. (MS 635-638)

The four clamps, that have stamped on the side of the square nuts the mark of Stradivari (A+S), were probably used to glue the boards to the ribs of cello or viola da gamba.

  • XVII-XVIII C., Cremona
  • Walnut wood
  • On the side of the dice: A+S
  • 35 cm; 33 cm; 31.5 cm; 24 cm
  • Cremona, Museo del Violino
  • MS 635-638
  • Donation of Pietro Grulli, Cremona, 1895 (inv. 1903/1920, nn. 141-144)
  • Pietro Grulli, Municipality of Cremona 1895
  • Bower 1895; Mandelli 1903; Bonetti-Cavalcabò-Gualazzini 1929; Bacchetta 1948; Bacchetta 1948 (II); Sacconi 1972; Mosconi-Torresani 1987; Gregori 2014; Cacciatori 2016
creato:giovedì 22 gennaio 2015
modificato:martedì 2 gennaio 2018