Scroll (music)

A scroll is the decoratively carved beginning of the neck of certain stringed instruments, mainly members of the violin family.

The scroll is typically carved in the shape of a volute (a rolled-up spiral) according to a canonical pattern, although some violins are adorned with carved heads, human and animal.

The quality of a scroll is one of the things used to judge the luthier's skill.

[1] Scrollwork is a common feature of Baroque ornament, the period when string instrument design became essentially fixed.

Below the scroll is a hollowed-out compartment (the pegbox) through which the tuning pegs pass.