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Fiddle (rebec, after Medieval type)
late 19th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Poplar, pine
Dimensions
Length 56 cm, width 14.4 cm (Length 22 1/16 in., width 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1706
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CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Chordophones
DescriptionPear-shaped body made of a solid piece of poplar tree wood, with an integral neck and peg-box; vaulted back. Sound space hollowed out and covered with pine sound-board with two f-holes. Finger-board of stained oak glued to a raised step on the neck. Three gut strings fixed to a leathern tail-piece, hooked to a boss at the lower end. Movable bridge and nut. Frontal type tuning end string fastening, lateral pegs. Sound-post.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)