Violin
Description
A wooden practice violin with no soundbox, a short finger board, four tuning pegs, a scroll top, a black tail piece to take five strings, a central bridge, a button tail pin and a turned saddle. There are three strings fitted to the violin and one of these is broken. " W E BILLING " is marked on the violin.
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This
practice
violin
was
made
for
students
to
learn
on.
It
was
designed
by
music
teacher
Evelyn
Dowling
and
made
by
New
Plymouth
violin
maker
William
Billing.
Dowling
would
give
the
special
violins
to
students
to
practice
their
bow
and
fingerwork
before
they
were
let
loose
on
real
instruments.
Accession number
A86.671
Collection type
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