Violoncello or "Yankee Church Bass"

William Green

1807 · Wood · Musical Instruments

Description: One-piece maple back, maple ribs and neck, popular (?) top, back and top with inked purfling, thick orange-brown varnish, a softwood wing added at lower left front, neck secured from the back by a heavy screw, ebony fingerboard raised by two wedges, neck heel extends as a foot along the back.

Artist

William Green

Date

1807

Medium

Wood

Culture

American

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Gift of Genevieve Vaughn and Laurence Libin, in memory of Mary Ruth McClane, 1982