DHV:
1101
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Berlin
Jacob
Meinertzen
Date:
1700 C
Label Text:
Jacob Meinertzen / Königl. Hoff - Violdegam- / und Lautenmacher in Berlin 17
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
DK
Klippinge
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
[Private owner in Copenhagen, whose father had played it]
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.9
String Length:
68.3
Rib Depth:
13.4
Upper Width:
29.5
Middle Width:
22.2
Bottom Width:
37.4
Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 10/04; M. Fleming to TGM, 12/01 & 7/04
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from F. Hellwig 3/2012: front body only, label (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Restored by Christian Brosse, D-Borstorf (including new neck and lion head, according to Fleming, who has made copies). Back and ribs of yew. Very early conversion to a (baroque) cello, retaining original bass bar.