DHV:
1173
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
William
Turner
Date:
1647
Label Text:
William Turner at / ye hand [&] Crowne in / Gravill Lane neere / Algat London 1647
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
A
Vienna
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Vázquez, José [heirs]
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
074 (formerly 1)
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Geigenbauatelier Schneider, Basel, -1991
Measurements:
Body Length:
40.7
String Length:
42.4
Rib Depth:
7.4
Upper Width:
18.3
Middle Width:
13.3
Bottom Width:
23.7
Information
Source:
Vázquez 1993, p. 9
Literature:
Fleming 2001: VME 14; Vázquez 1993, p. 9
Photographs:
Vázquez website (front, head side [color]); Fleming 2001: VME F14 (front body only), L29 (front), L36-37 (front) [all color]; Vázquez 1993, pl. 2 (front, head 3/4, rosette [color]) & exhibition 2010 (head side [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Lower bout formerly folded (to play on shoulder?). Heart-shaped parchment rosette. Fleming 2001: 7-piece table, dimensions 41.2, 18.7/13.6/23.4, 7.8, - (vs. Vázquez’s taken on back?). Single purfling front and back. Table half-edged; back and ribs severely damaged with parts replaced.