| Hardanger fiddle. A 19th
century 9 string Norwegian Hardanger fiddle. Labelled
Gronsdall, Hardanger 1899 A one-piece back and ribs of plain
birch with double inked purfling enclosing inked dots, the table
edged with mother of pearl segments and painted with gilt
scrollwork, the fingerboard with geometrical inlay in bone and
mother of pearl, four bowed and five sympathetic strings.
Minor old crack at top of back (2.5cm.). Two longer (12cm.) repaired
cracks in table extending upwards from base. A neck repair
(length may have been altered ?) String length is 29cm.
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