1751 - Violin

Back of one piece of curly maple with broad curl descending to the left. Original joint of the neck but with posterior insert dovetail.

Date and Place: 1751, Venice
Label: Petrus Gurnerius Filius Joseph / Cremonensis fecita Venetij, Anno 1751 (false ?)
Length of body: 35.5 cm
Width, upper bouts: 16.6 cm
Width, center bouts: 10.8 cm
Width, lower bouts: 20.4 cm
Depth upper sides: 2.9 cm
Depth centre sides: 2.92 cm
Depth lower sides: 3.2 cm
Position: Venice (I): Istituto Provinciale per l'Infanzia "S. Maria della Pietà"
Scientific tests: Dendrochronological analysis of the soundboard performed by prof. Elio Corona (University of Tuscia) in 1990, which resulted in the most recent ring dating to 1724. Radiography of the union between the handle and upper block, followed in 1990 by Carmelo Nicotra of PROCOL. Physical-acoustic, performed by Sergio Cingolani, the Galileo Galilei. Holographic interferometry, performed by Luciana Rizzi and Peter Vo, the CISE. Gas chromatographic analysis of insect powder extracted from the inside of the instrument, performed at the U.S.L. 31 of Ferrara.
Comments: The Commission of Experts appointed by the Conservatory "Benedetto Marcello" in Venice in 1954, composed by the luthiers, Giuseppe Ornati, Marino Capicchioni, Carlo De March, Luigi Vistoli and four teachers of the conservatory, determined the falsehood of the label, and the assignment of the instrument of the Venetian school of 1700.
Provenance: Istituto provinciale per l'Infanzia "S. Maria della Pietà" (Venezia) 2004
Exhibitions: 1990, Venezia: Estro Armonico
Bibliography specifies: Primon-Tiella 1990; Pio 2004