DHV:
1004
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
I
Brescia
Pietro
Vimercati
Date:
1650 C
Label Text:
Pietro Vimercati / Fecit Bresciae 16 [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Vermillion, SD
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
National Music Museum
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
4164
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Efrim Fruchtmann, Memphis, TN 1955-87; purchased in Florence, Italy
Measurements:
Body Length:
64
String Length:
59
Rib Depth:
9.4
Upper Width:
35.5
Middle Width:
24.3
Bottom Width:
38
Information
Source:
TGM visit 6/95
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from museum: front]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Table, neck/pegbox/scroll, fingerboard not original; rather heavy and crude work. Back is flat but has no fold. John Pringle has suggested that back and ribs are mid-17th-century. Fairly poor condition. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side.