Baritone violin (British nomenclature, baritone violin).

Carleen M Hutchins

Alternative Title

Baritone violin of the New Violin Family.

Instrument

Violoncello

Instrument Family

Strings

Maker

Carleen M Hutchins

Place Made

North America; Montclair; United States of America

Date Made

1973

Description

This instrument has a soundboard of spruce; back, sides, head and scroll of maple; pegs, fingerboard, tail-gut protector of ebony; tailpiece and endpin holder of rosewood. The soundboard is wide grained. Dyed pear/poplar/dyed pear purfling. Ribs have a medium depth figure, the 2 piece back also has a medium depth figure, the figure going towards the bottom in the centre and up at the edges. Plugged holes at the top and bottom of the back. Instrument is covered in an orange varnish, possibly with a stain originally applied to the soundboard giving a reversed grain effect. One piece pegbox/scroll and neck. Measurements: Neck 285mm long; fingerboard 605mm long, 32.9mm wide at the nut, 65.1mm wide at the bottom. Soundboard arch 31mm; Back arch 31mm. Inscription: Labelled "Baritone Violin / CARLEEN HUTCHINS / SUS No. 164 / Montclair, N.J. 1973 / C-G-D-A". The 'Baritone Violin', '164', '73' (of the date), and teh 'C-G-D-A' are all handwritten, the rest printed. The label also has a CMH monogram. A smaller label "Louis M. Dunham / Maplewood". A CMH monogram is stamped on the wood on the back inside."C-G-D-A" has been inked on the back inside. "Carleen. M. / Hutchins / 1973" handwritten on the back inside at the treble upper bout. "164" handwritten in pencil on the bottom side of the bridge, "C G D A" written on the neck side of the bridge. Playing accessories: 4 fine tuners, tail-pin, wolf suppressor. With hard case and soft case. General usage of type: This is the original model with deeper ribs than the later model. General literature references: Hutchins 1962; Hutchins 1967; Hutchins 1973; Atwood 1986. Performance characteristics: described in Skeaping 1980. Specific literature references: Darius 1977; Skeaping 1980. Illustration references: New Scientist 75 No 1061, 21 July 1977, p. 175. Specific usage history: brought to Britain for the International Congress on Acoustics, 1974; 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-. Current ownership: Gift of Peter Fellgett.

Other Information

General usage of type: This is the original model with deeper ribs than the later model. Specific usage history: brought to Britain for the International Congress on Acoustics, 1974; 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

1323.; Instrument: Case: 35.56cm deep at tallest point, 145.42cm long, 65.41cm wide at widest point.

Provenance

Gift of Peter Fellgett.

Collection

MIMEd

Accession Number

2796