Violin

French violins are not as famous as Italian or German ones but can still be extremely good instruments. The most common way to make a violin back is to glue two sections of the same log together down the middle, but this one has a single piece of wood used for the back. It has the usual sandwich of ebony and sycamore inlaid around the edge to strengthen and decorate the outline.

University of Edinburgh, Musical Instrument Collection: MIMEd 325