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DHV:
1122
Tourin ID:
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Size:

Bass

Place Made:

Maker:

EIRE

Dublin

Thomas

Molineux

Date:

1739

Label Text:

Made by Thomas Molineux in Christ Church Yard Dublin 1739

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

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No. of Strings:

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Collection:

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Sound Holes:

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Catalog Number:

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Head:

Scroll

Private Owner:

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Previous Owner:

Tony Bingham; Michael Heale, 1973-74; Ernest W. Halliday, Esq.

Measurements:

Body Length:

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String Length:

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Rib Depth:

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Upper Width:

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Middle Width:

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Bottom Width:

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Information

Source:

Sotheby’s 5/24/73, lot 131

Literature:

Wells 1974, p. 35; Sotheby’s 5/24/73, lot 131

Photographs:

Sotheby’s 5/24/73, lot 131 (back)

Recordings:

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Auctions:

Comments:

Sotheby’s 1973/05/24, lot 131

Converted to a cello when sold by Sotheby’s. Length of back 26-13/16 inches. Restored by Michael Heale 1973-74, then sold to Tony Bingham (per copy of sale catalogue in Heale Archive).

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