Maker Name

Daniel Dewar (active 1786-1825)

Other Information

Specific usage history: Played by Lyndesay G. Langwill before he took up the bassoon c. 1930.

Technical Description

This cello has a soundboard made of spruce; ribs, back, neck and scroll made of sycamore; fingerboard, tailpiece, pegs and tail-gut protector made of ebony. Its soundboard has a medium to close grain, closest in the centre, widest at the middle of each side. Marks show other bridge positions 3-4mm below the current position. Ebony/sycamore/ebony purfling on soundboard and back; the channel on the back has been poorly cut. Fine quality golden varnish. Two piece back, finely figured, rising from the centre to the edges. The neck has been re-set, as seen by a joint in the heel 83mm from the back. Finely figured neck and well cut scroll.

Measurements: Neck length 267mm; fingerboard length 538mm, width at nut 28.1mm, at bottom 63.0mm. Arch of soundboard 27mm; arch of back 32mm.

Repair History: Large number of repairs, including both of the lower bouts and many large soundboard cracks repaired. A couple of added patches of wood on the ribs, particularly on the treble lower bout.

Inscription: Stamped "DEWAR" on the back at the top, just below the purfling. Handwritten notice inside recording a repair by James Hardie, 1890.

Playing accessories: tail-pin; 2 fine tuners, wolf suppressor. With canvas case.

Large number of repairs, including both of the lower bouts and many large soundboard cracks repaired. A couple of added patches of wood on the ribs, particularly on the treble lower bout.

Associated with bow (1605).

Illustration references: Vol. 1 p.57.
Specific usage history: Played by Lyndesay G. Langwill before he took up the bassoon c 1930.

Previous ownership: L.G. Langwill, father of the donor.
Current ownership: Gift of Mrs. Joyce Rasch, 1983.

Provenance

L.G. Langwill, father of the donor. ; Gift of Mrs Joyce Rasch, 1983.