DHV:
1002
Tourin ID:
Size:
Tenor
Place Made:
Maker:
Date:
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Mishawaka, IN
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Nathalie Dolmetsch, -c. 1974
Measurements:
Body Length:
55.1
String Length:
53.5
Rib Depth:
10.2
Upper Width:
27.4
Middle Width:
21.1
Bottom Width:
34.1
Information
Source:
TGM visit 8/92
Literature:
Photographs:
[By TGM: FB+S]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back; perhaps a composite, and/or cut down in size. Neck and scroll by Nathalie Dolmetsch, c. 1940 (letter to MAB 8/19/75); her father found it in West of England c. 1928 (letter 9/19/75); they considered it to be Italian. Previous owner’s grandfather had used as small cello (letter 9/19/75); she used it as a lyra viol in D (undated letter). NB pegbox has 5 plugged holes: perhaps once used as a cello piccolo? Burritt Miller has suggested Flemish origin; based on photos, Wm. Monical proposes either English or Flemish (and 17th C.), based on varnish, materials, and simple/economical construction.