DHV:
1164
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Barak
Norman
Date:
1696
Label Text:
Barak Norman, at the Bass Viol in St. Paul’s Ally London Fecit 1696; Barak Norman London Fecit [stamped on table]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
J
Kyoto
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
yes
Previous Owner:
Tony Bingham, London, 1989-
Measurements:
Body Length:
62.8
String Length:
67.3
Rib Depth:
11.4
Upper Width:
28.9
Middle Width:
21
Bottom Width:
35.1
Information
Source:
Y. Ando to TGM, 12/17+9/18; Hebbert 2001, pp. 292-3; Sotheby’s 11/22-23/89, lot 167
Literature:
Hebbert 2001, pp. 292-3 (1696:1, but should be 1696:5); Montagu 1990, p. 277; Sotheby’s 11/22-23/89, lot 167
Photographs:
Sotheby’s 11/22-23/89, lot 167 (F+B [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Sotheby’s 1989/11/22-23, lot 167
Montagu 1990: “revarnished but otherwise very nice”; sold for £29,150 (to a client in Japan, per T. Bingham). Hebbert 2001 identifies as 1696:1 (= DOLM 7), but should be 1696:5, with dimensions 62.7, 28.9/21.1/35.3, 11.8, -. Y. Ando to TGM 12/17: on loan from anonymous owner/patron to Ms. Masako Hirao (alumna of Savall and Kuijken); 9/18: dimensions (given above) from luthier Mr. Itsuki [or Tatsuki?] Inoue (back widths 28.7/20.8/34.8). Table ornament Type IV, back center Type III, upper and lower Type II.