Milanese Attributed 20th Century Bass Violin

Attributed Early 20th Milanese Bass Violin 3/4 Gamba Shaped, Flatback Model Bass

Top table is two-piece medium vertical grained spruce Back table is two-piece slight figured poplar, with lower bout outer flanks Ribs of matching poplar to that of the back table Scroll and neck are of a later period of slight figured maple The gears are individual brass tuning gears Varnish is lush, transparent, reddish brown color with amber hues Mint condition; fully restored by Samuel Kolstein & Son, Ltd. Overall body length: 43 1/2 in. Width across the upper bout: 19 1/2 in. Width across the center bout: 15 in. Width across the lower bout: 27 1/2 in. Mensure (string length): 40 7/8 in.