Violin

labeled Lorenzo Carcassi

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This violin bears a label of Lorenzo Carcassi of Borgo from 1752, although this certainly incorrect. The instrument may be eighteenth century from either France or Holland.

Description: medium grain spruce top, two-piece quarter sawn maple back, with a medium curl descending from the center seam. Red-brown varnish. Neck grafted at the base of the pegbox. Beech and ebony purfling. Short, rounded F-holes, arching high and full from the edges. Label and interior coated in reddish stain. Ebony taipliece and rosewood button and pegs, with gold inlay.

Violin, labeled Lorenzo Carcassi, Spruce, maple, ebony, Italian, Florentine

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Violin, labeled Lorenzo Carcassi, Spruce, maple, ebony, Italian, Florentine
Violin, labeled Lorenzo Carcassi, Spruce, maple, ebony, Italian, Florentine

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