DHV:
115
Tourin ID:
BERB 14
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Hamburg
Joachim
Tielke ?
Date:
1699 C
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Berlin
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
4077
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Anna Kegel, Berlin, -1949; Kurt Schuster, Leipzig
Measurements:
Body Length:
63.4
String Length:
Rib Depth:
11.7
Upper Width:
28.4
Middle Width:
20.9
Bottom Width:
35.3
Information
Source:
Hellwig 2011, p. 334; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 116
Literature:
Hellwig 2011, p. 334; Otterstedt 2004, p. 121; Hellwig 1980, p. 259; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 116
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Hellwig 2011, p. 334 (head side [color]); Hellwig 1980, p. 75 (head side); [by TGM 11/10, on display: F+B 3/4, head 3/4 (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Hellwig 2011, TieWV 108; Hellwig 1980, no. 092. Table, neck, fingerboard, and tailpiece not original; 2-piece back (arched and bent); plain, uncarved pegbox. “[M]ore likely by an anonymous north German maker,” according to Hans Reiners in The Strad 112 (2001), p. 501. Otterstedt 2004: dendrochronology (P. Klein, 1993) gives date of 1675 for youngest growth ring on table. Hellwig 2011 adds: peg for top string is closest to nut; dendro dates 1671 (bass), 1674 (treble); only the head is clearly from Tielke workshop; date suggested by G. Hellwig; stylistic details of table point to 19-20C despite dendro dates; authenticity of back and ribs doubtful. (No measurements given.) Hellwig 2020: new dendrochoronolgy gives date of 1865 for youngest growth ring on table, so definitely not by Tielke.