1734 - Cello

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Soundboard of spruce. Back of two pieces of curly maple with broad curl, glued in a herringbone pattern with apex at the bottom. Ribs of curly maple. Scroll maybe not original, probably from the workshop Bisiach of Milan, 1900 c. Golden-yellow varnish.

Date and Place: 1734, Venice
Length overall: 124 cm
Length of body: 75.0 cm
Width, upper bouts: 34.3 cm
Width, center bouts: 23 cm
Width, lower bouts: 44 cm
Depth of sides: 12,6 cm
Position: Paris (F), Musée de la Musique
Inventory: E.1555
Acquisition: Gift of the widow Gilly, 1899
Restoration: August 1946, Emile Français, Paris (opening, re-gluing boards and purflings, replacement of the bridge and the soundpost; supply and setting of the spike, rectification and cleaning the of the keyboard, regasketing pegs, cleaning and setup).
Exhibitions: 1937, Cremona: Mostra di Liuteria Antica Cremonese
Bibliography specifies: Pillaut 1903; Hill 1931; S. a. 1937; AA. VV. 1938; Getreau 1996; Pio 2004