1733 - Cello

Instrument that shows signs of elongations of the body. Front of spruce that shows along the bottom edge the elongation, with different wooden insert and the remaking of the boards and the purflings. Numerous fractures across the front: C between the left and the upper lobe, the lower boards of both F-holes, and along the lower boards. Purflings redone in both CC at the beacs below. Back of two pieces of plain maple cut on the slab, stretched at the top, where the boards are rebuilt ​​and at the junction of the old and the new purflings is an obvious overlap between the two elements. The left beak is rebuilt as part of the boards and the concomitant purfling. All boards are dubbed. In the center, on the junta, there is a tapped hole in which was inserted the hook of the cord put around the neck of the musician playing on his feet. In conjunction of both the bloks there are the pairs of small holes with nails ebony used for positioning. Some fractures are present in the lower part of the body. Ribs of plain maple with numerous fractures on both sides of the upper and lower body. Original varnish remaining is yellow-orange.

  • Sotto la disciplina di Antonio Stradivario F. in Cremona 1733
  • 73.1 cm
  • 31.1 cm
  • 24.6 cm
  • 43.3 cm
  • Moscow (RU), Russian State Collection
  • 1850. David Bittner, Vienna (label inside the instrument)
  • Counts Sheremetieva; Yelena Bogdanova Sheremetieva 1923; URSS State Collection 1988
  • 1988, Cremona: 1988, Cremona: Stradivari e i grandi liutai cremonesi dall'URSS
  • AA.VV. 1988; S. a. 2004

creato:giovedì 8 marzo 2012
modificato:giovedì 23 marzo 2017