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The sides have been cut down in their lower parts and the corresponding part of the back is formed of a bent mahogany panel as if a later hand had altered the instrument for playing on the shoulder. Sycamore neck, slightly carved at the root, and with a well-carved pegbox with an open scroll. Tailpiece attached to the hook-bar. 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