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*'''BAR''', ''Barnabetti French Violin'', {{itrdb|fran040|europe}} ({{itrdbtmp|fran040}}), 1803-1910<ref>The sample in ITRDB seems to be dated 1 year too late</ref>, Peter Ratcliff
*'''BAR''', ''Barnabetti French Violin'', {{itrdb|fran040|europe}} ({{itrdbtmp|fran040}}), 1803-1910<ref>The sample in ITRDB seems to be dated 1 year too late</ref>, Peter Ratcliff
* '''ENG_DB''', ''Chilton English Double Bass'', {{itrdb|swit194|europe}} ({{itrdbtmp|swit194}}), 1713-1835, (1500 m, 47 N, 9 E), Peter Ratcliff


===Central Europe===
===Central Europe===

Revision as of 20:18, 27 September 2010

The top of instruments in the violin family are usually made of Picea abies wood and the wood structure is visible. It is therefore possible to measure the rings and match them towards available spruce (and fir) references. Useful references from central European mountains are listed below. But often the best matches are found towards other instruments, but unfortunately only quite a few ring series from instruments are published yet. They we are aware of are listed below.

References potentially useful for dating violins

Picea abies (PCAB) if not other stated. The timespan may be according to a truncated version in order to avoid ends with two small sample depth.

The Alps

Bayerischer Wald

Rest of Germany

Sudety Mountains

Carpathian Mountains

Balkan

Appenine Mountains

Scandinavian PCAB-references

Measurements from single instruments

Alpine region

  • GuA23, Cello, probably French 18'th cent, 1557-1717, Wood from the Alps, T. Axelson. (Measurements from a very low resolution image.)
  • Archinto Viola, ITRDB: brit051.rwl info, 1527-1685, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Paul R. Sheppard, Malcolm K. Cleaveland
  • Messiah Violin, ITRDB: brit050.rwl info, 1587-1686, Henri D. Grissino-Mayer, Paul R. Sheppard, Malcolm K. Cleaveland

Central Europe

  • Eost01, Violin by Erik Östberg, Svärdsjö, Sweden. Wood from Germany (best towards germ14, Bayerischer Wald), 1870-1961, B. Israels
  • cel9, Cello, probably Hungary 20'th cent. 1813-1934, (false label: Genua 1775), Bohemia area?, T. Axelson (dating report)
  • SfFHM1, pucket string instrument (Mandola/Guitar hybrid?) without labels, probably Bayerischer Wald or around?, 1814-1911, T. Axelson

Scandinavia

  • Marn01, Violin used in Dalarna, Sweden. Rather local wood, no label, 1831-1924, B. Israels

Notes

  1. Still in the update section only
  2. Still in the update section only
  3. The tucson format of this file is special
  4. The sample in ITRDB seems to be dated 1 year too late
  5. The sample in ITRDB seems to be dated 1 year too late