Tenor Violin

Edward C. Twist

1929 · Woods, gut, copper · Musical Instruments

Played vertically on an adjustable endpin marked "ROHENA"; conventional form using local woods and ebony; two-piece top joined through treble F-hole, two-piece back and matching ribs, grafted scroll with dot eyes, one-strip black purfling front and back, all ebony fittings, inlaid design of black dots in form of a cross in top at lower treble point; three gut and one copper-wound strings.

Artist

Edward C. Twist

Date

1929

Medium

Woods, gut, copper

Culture

American

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Gift of Assunta Dell'Aquila, 1994