19th
Century Neapolitan Double Bass |
Upper Bout: 19 1/4" |
Belly Length: 41" |
Center Bout: 14" |
String Length: 40 1/2" |
Bottom Bout: 24" |
Varnish: Golden Brown Oil
over Gold |
Rib Depth: 8
1/8"
(Upper Bout tapers from 8 1/8" to 7 1/2") |
Top: 2-pc Medium grained
Italian Spruce with purfled center and decorative purfled Plates under
Fingerboard and Tailpiece |
Back: 6-pc Flamed
Maple Swelled Back, laminated to 2 other layers of maple. Possibly not original, but about 100 years
old if not. This Bass also has a 3-layer center Cross Bar to help strengthen
the back under the sound post area. |
Ribs: Italian Maple, Slightly Figured. |
Neck / Scroll: Maple with
a new Figured Maple Neck graft with a Graphite Bar inlaid in the
Neck under the new Fingerboard (by Arnold Schnitzer (AES), NY and Flamed Maple Veneer Plates on each
Cheek with New Krutz Gears. |
Features: Extreme
Sloping Shoulders allowing the player the play up to the Bridge if your
arms are long enough! Impressive power for a smaller sized Bass suitable
for Orchestral and Solo Playing. This Bass has been Sold. |