DHV:
1052
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
16..
Label Text:
Gasparo Duiffprucgar / Lyone Anno 1545 [printed; date not clearly legible]
Body Shape:
Festoon
Current Location:
D
Halle
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Händel-Haus
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
223
Head:
Animal
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
74
String Length:
70
Rib Depth:
12.1
Upper Width:
37
Middle Width:
24.2
Bottom Width:
44.7
Information
Source:
Heyde 1983, pp. 86-7; Saase 1972, pp. 86-7
Literature:
Heyde 1983, p. 86; Saase 1972, p. 87
Photographs:
Heyde 1983, p. 87 (front); Saase 1972, p. 86 (FB+S)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Heyde 1983: Label is false: originally a South-German Bassgeige; striped back and ribs are oldest parts, perhaps even late 16th-C. Probably converted to cello in 18th C., to gamba in early 20th C. B&W table rim. Unusually shaped soundholes. Saase 1972: 1-piece table, back of 37 narrow strips of maple, ebony, and palisander; both with ebony-and-ivory edging and overhanging edges; ribs similar to back. Probably converted to a cello c. 1700, then back to a viol in 19th C., perhaps by J.B. Vuillaume.