DHV:
1012
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
B
Brussels
Hilaire
Darche
Date:
1915
Label Text:
Hilaire Darche, Luthier / du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles. / L’An 1915 [printed except 15]; handwritten addition: d’après indications de / M. E. Tschaggeny; H. Darche à Bruxelles [stamped inside back near label]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
B
Brussels
No. of Strings:
6+12
Collection:
Musée des instruments de musique
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
3511
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Ernest Tschaggeny
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.7
String Length:
66.6
Rib Depth:
11.5
Upper Width:
30.9
Middle Width:
20.1
Bottom Width:
37.4
Information
Source:
Haines & Meeùs 1985, p. 129
Literature:
Haines & Meeùs 1985, p. 129
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+S [color]); Haines & Meeùs 1985, p. 129 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Sympathetic strings have tuning pins at bottom block. Ebony and ivory perimeter decoration on table. Soundholes match pardessus, Brussels 3509. Long pegs. Museum’s website: date 1913; object name “viole de gambe expérimentale”.