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Antonio Stradivari, 1688
Stringlength 650 mm. Back and sides of thebody made of maple with triple spacers. The neck, heel and back of the peghead are veneered with maple and triple spacers, the front the peghead is veneered with ebony, the fingerboard is made of ebony. The edges of the soundboard and of the soundhole are decorated with ebony and bone rombics. The rose is made of carved wood and parchment. Ebony pegs and button of bone
Jean Voboam, 1690
Stringlength 650 mm. The sides and back of the body are made of ribs of riorosewood or ebony with white spacers. The neck and the back of the peghead are veneered with stripes of ebony and white spacers. The front part of the peghead is veneered with a central panel of bone surrounded by ebony with triple spacers. The fingerboard is made of ebony. Parchment wedding-cake rose. The edges of the soundboard and of the soundhole are decorated with ebony and bone rombics. The pegs are made of ebony with white button. Bone endbutton.
Anonymous, V.&A. Museum, London
Stringlength 650 mm. The sides and back of the body are made of ribs of riorosewood or ebony or snakewood with white spacers. The neck and back of the peghead are veneered with the same wood as the body with white spacers, the front part of the peghead is veneered with ebony and the fingerboard is made of ebony. Parchment wedding-cake rose. The edges of the soundboard and of the soundhole are decorated with ebony and bone rombics. The pegs are made of ebony with white button. Bone endbutton.
Sellas, 1630
Stringlength 640 mm. The sides and back of the body are made of ribs of riorosewood with white spacers or yew-wood with golden-brown varnish. The neck and peghead are veneered with a decoration of ebony and bone, the front of the paghead matches the decoration of the neck. The fingerboard is made of ebony. Parchment wedding-cake rose. The edges of the soundboard and of the soundhole are decorated with ebony and bone rombics. Ebony pegs and bone button. Picture..