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Cello from 1673
Certain doubts have been expressed as to whether Stainer even built conventional cellos. The cello from the Stainer quartet, made in the year 1673, put an end to all such speculations.
The dendrochronological examinations proved that the belly was built from wood from the same log as a violin and a viola da gamba from Stainer built in the same year. Also all other stylistic characteristics point clearly to Stainer.
The cello has a handwritten leaf with the text «Jacobus Stainer in Absom / prope Oenipontum 1673» [Jacobus Stainer in Absom near Oenipontum 1673].
During the 19th century the instrument was affected of numerous alterations. The contours of the back were modified considerably (upper and lower additions) and the original neck was replaced with a modern neck.
As part of the restoration to its Baroque origins only the fittings and the fingerboard were altered. The length of the vibrating portion of the strings is 687 mm. The instrument is well suited to perform a wide repertoire from the early Baroque to the early Romantic periods.
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Masse
overall length of corpus, measured over the curvature | 744 mm |
major width upper bout | 353 mm |
smallest width waist | 245 mm |
major width lower bout | 441 mm |
height of rib | 119 mm |
neck diapason (before renovation) | 279 mm |
neck diapason (after renovation) | 278.5 mm |
top diapason (before renovation) | 398 mm |
swinging string length (before renovation) | 687 mm |
swinging string length (after renovation) | 688 mm |
tailpiece (ebony veneer on maple with gut suspension) | 230 mm |
fingerboard (ebony veneer on spruce, the fingerboard has a modern shape, as the neck has not been modified) | 530 mm |