DHV:
1061
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
I
Brescia
Gasparo da Salo
Bertolotti
Date:
1580 C ?
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Guitar
Current Location:
J
Osaka
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Osaka College of Music
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
002251
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Suntory Corporation, Tokyo, -1999; Hans Schambach, New York; Jacques Francais; his father
Measurements:
Body Length:
77.3
String Length:
76.7
Rib Depth:
16.6
Upper Width:
34.8
Middle Width:
28
Bottom Width:
45.3
Information
Source:
Rephann 1988, pp. 37-39
Literature:
Osaka 2007, pp. 21-22 and e-mail from museum 9/09; Rephann 1988, p. 37
Photographs:
Osaka 2007, pp. 21-22 (FB+S; also front cover [head 3/4] and back cover [front 7/8] [color]; Rephann 1988, pp. 38-9 (front, head 3/4; color)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Overhanging edges; neck, fingerboard and elaborately carved tailpiece are replacements, latter with elaborate relief carving. Rib depth probably includes table and back thicknesses. No. 25 in Rephann 1988 catalogue. Maker’s dates are 1540-1609.