Tenor violin (British nomenclature, tenor violin).

Carleen Hutchins

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Alternative Title

Tenor violin of the New Violin Family.

Instrument

Tenor new violin/Violoncellos/Strings/Musical Instrument ; Tenor new violin

Instrument Family

Strings

Maker

Carleen Hutchins

Place Made

Montclair ; North America ; United States of America

Date Made

1971

Description

This instrument has a soundboard of spruce; ribs, back, neck and scroll of maple; fingerboard, tailpiece, tail-gut protector of ebony; pegs and endpin holder of rosewood. The instrument has an orange varnish and dyed pear/poplar/dyed pear purfling. The soundboard is wide grained, and there is fine figure on the two piece back, with figure rising from the edges to the centre. There is a plugged hole on the back at the top, offset from the centre line. The head and neck are of one piece. Measurements: Unvarnished neck 245mm long; fingerboard 508mm long, 26.5mm wide at nut, 59.2mm wide at bottom. Soundboard arch 27.5mm; Back arch 27mm. Inscription: Labelled "CARLEEN HUTCHINS / SUS No 148 / Montclair, N.J. 1971", the 148 and 71 handwritten, the rest printed. "CMH" monogram on label in centre, and handwritten "G-D-A-E"/ "Burritt Miller allumi / Scuola Cremonensis / Montclair facebat 1971 / pro Catgut Acoustical / Society", and "Louis W. Dunham / Maplewood" labels. "CATGUT / ACOUSTICAL / SOCIETY, INC" label. Handwritten G-D-A-E on the back inside. Playing accessories: 1 fine tuner, tail-pin with rubber buffer. With hard case and soft case. General usage of type: This is the later model with shallower ribs than the original model. General literature references: Hutchins 1962; Hutchins 1967; Hutchins 1973; Atwood 1986. Performance characteristics: described in Skeaping 1980. Specific literature references: Skeaping 1980. Specific usage history: brought to Britain in 1978 to replace the original model (with deeper ribs than this model) during the musical and scientific research programme at the Royal College of Music, London, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, 1976-79; University College, Cardiff, 1980-1986; Faculty of Music, University of Edinburgh, 1987-. Current ownership: Gift of Peter Fellgett.

Other Information

General usage of type: This is the later model with shallower ribs than the original model. Specific usage history: brought to Britain in 1978 to replace the original model (with deeper ribs than this model) during the musical and scientific research programme at the Royal College of Music, London, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, 1976-79; University College, Cardiff, 1980-86; Faculty of Music, University of Edinburgh, 1987- .

Notes

D. Martin, 1993-94.

Measurements

1080. ; Case: 24.13cm tall, 46.99cm wide at widest point, 118.75cm long.

Provenance

Gift of Peter Fellgett.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

2795