Jacope Lorenzelli Bass Violin 7/8 Size, Violin Cornered, Modified Swellback Made in Venice, Italy c. 1889 Presently in the collection of Mr. Louis Kosma New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Top table is a five-piece plate of spruce ranging in grain from medium vertical grained to slab-cut Back table is a three-piece plate of slab-cut maple with ebony half-moon at the neck block button Ribs of matching maple to that of the back table Original scroll of plain grained maple with a highly flamed maple neck graft by Samuel Kolstein & Son, Ltd. in 1985 Authentic individual brass Baker tuners mounted on brass plates Varnish is brownish amber Most impressive deep, lush quality of sound; a most powerful instrument Excellent condition Overall body length: 46 in. Width at the upper bout: 21 5/8 in. Width at the center bout: 15 3/4 in. Width at the lower bout: 27 1/2 in. Mensure (string length): 41 7/8 in.
