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<\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nThis instrument has had a chequered history however, and its original outline has been compromised in the way that so many great cellos of this period have been. Past restorers have attempted to remodel the instrument to conform to their current ideas, by removing the edges and cutting back the plates and reducing the ribs. Having been through this process sometime in the past, this cello was later rebuilt to a close approximation of its original condition by W.E. Hill & Sons. Hills replaced the lost areas around the edges, which can now be seen as a slight halo around the original material.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The back is again made of poplar wood, in this case of plain appearance and cut on the half-slab, with widely spaced grain. The peghole for a carrying strap, a common usage amongst players in the 17th century, can be clearly seen in the centre between the upper corners. The front is made from two matched pieces of magnificent straight-grained spruce, very finely spaced at the centre and becoming progressively broader towards the edge. The scroll has the characteristically lean appearance of Rugeri’s signature work, with very delicate chamfers and deeply worked undercutting, throwing the elegantly formed eye into high relief. The instrument still bears a good covering of rich original varnish, softly textured and tinted with warm orange tones.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cello passed through the Hills’ shop in London early in the 20th century, when it is most likely that the resizing was carried out. It was purchased in 1988 by the Union Bank of Norway from a private owner in Nebraska, USA. The instrument has been played since that time by the Norwegian cellist \u00d8ystein Birkeland and it was acquired by Dextra Musica in 2009.<\/p><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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