DHV:
116
Tourin ID:
BERB 15
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Königsberg
Gregor
Karpp
Date:
1693
Label Text:
Gregorÿ Karpp / In Königsberg / Anno 1693 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Berlin
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
4653
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Dr. W. Bitter, Stuttgart,-1960; Fritz Wildhagen
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.8
String Length:
65.5?
Rib Depth:
12.4
Upper Width:
30.1
Middle Width:
21.6
Bottom Width:
36.8
Information
Source:
Berlin 1988, p. 260; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 117
Literature:
Otterstedt 2004, p. 120; Otterstedt 1986, p. 43 (no. 11); Berlin 1978, pp. 34-35; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 117
Photographs:
Berlin 1988, pp. 79 (front 3/4), 258-59 (head); Otterstedt 1986, pp. 43 (F+S), 45 (back); Berlin 1978, p. 35 (front 3/4 [color]); Otto 1965, p. 143 (front 3/4); [unpublished, from museum: front 3/4, B+S, label, head F+S]; [by TGM 11/10, on display: back 3/4, head front (color)]
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Comments:
Restored in 1962. 3-piece table, ebony and bone edging, 7-piece purfling. Otterstedt’s dimensions 68.2, 30.1/21.5/36.2, -, -. 4 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Pegs by Olga Adelmann, 1962 (also lion’s tongue). Drawings by Olga Adelmann (1962) available from museum. Otterstedt 2004: dendrochronology gives date of 1675 for for youngest growth ring on table.