NMM 4900. Violin by Giovanni Battista Ceruti, Cremona, ca. 1805-1810 Gift of J. Laiten Weed Estate, Yankton, South Dakota, 1990 Note: Click on images below to see larger images. Technical Information Fascimile paper label:  Jo:  Baptista Ceruti Cremonensis / fecit Cremonĉ An. 1801 [GBC monogram]. Top:  two-piece, quarter-cut spruce with medium grain, widening then narrowing at the flanks. Back:  one-piece, semi-slab-cut maple, mostly plain, with faint, narrow curl at center bout;  knots at upper-bass and center bouts;  filled wormholes under original varnish and purfling; ebony dowels through back into top and bottom blocks. Edging:  sharply scooped. Ribs:  semi-slab-cut maple, faint curl;  filled wormholes under original varnish. Head:  maple with faint, very narrow curl. Neck: grafted. Varnish:  golden, with very fine craquelure. F-holes: slightly undercut on wings;  inside edges stained black.  Spruce linings set into spruce corner blocks.   Soundholes Note: Click on image above to see larger image. Scroll and Pegbox Note: Click on images above to see larger images. Measurements Back length:  350 mm. Upper bout width, back:  163 mm. Center bout width, back:  110 mm. Lower bout width, back:  201 mm. Top length:  347 mm. Upper bout width, top:  163 mm. Center bout width, top:  110 mm. Lower bout width, top:  202 mm. Rib height:  28-30 mm. Stop length:  192 mm. Vibrating string length:  327 mm. Go to Checklist of Violins Made Between 1800-1849 National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 ©National Music Museum, 2005-2008 Most recent update: April 30, 2008 You are the 5,653rd visitor to this page since June 27, 2005. The University of South Dakota Return to Top of Page