Stainer Violin: Museum Object and Cultural History
Stainer Violin: Date made: 1661. Associated Name: Stainer, Jacob. maker: Stainer, Jacob.
The object in the museum catalogue
This violin was made by Jacob Stainer of Absam, Austria in 1661. The violin has a replacement scroll (not original to Stainer) and baroque configuration of the tailpiece, bridge, neck and fingerboard (the neck is not mortised into the top block). There are various old cracks and repairs, general signs of use that are all somewhat typical of instruments of this vintage exposed to performance use and general wear.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1661
- Associated Name: Stainer, Jacob
- maker: Stainer, Jacob
- Object Name: violin
- Measurements: overall: 23 1/2 in x 8 in x 4 1/4 in; 59.69 cm x 20.32 cm x 10.795 cm
- Place Made: Austria: Tyrol, Absam
- ID Number: 2004.0046.01
- accession number: 2004.0046
- catalog number: 2004.0046.01
- Credit Line: Dr. Herbert R. Axelrod
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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