DescriptionThis instrument has a body of black painted pine(?), with an added fingerboard of sycamore. Iron pieces on either side at the bottom. Metal tangent bridge.
Measurements: Neck 548mm long; metal horn 282mm long, 23.6mm diameter at the bottom, 175mm diameter at the top.
Inscriptions: Label (on the bass side, below the bridge) "HOME MODEL / STROVIOLS / TRADE MARK / REGISTERED / BRITISH MANUFACTURE".
Associated with bow (1647).
Illustration references: Vol. 1 p. 58; Campbell and Greated 1987, p. 208.
Current ownership: Purchase.
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