DHV:
121
Tourin ID:
BERB 20
Size:
Violone
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Berlin
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
409
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Paul de Wit, Leipzig, -1890
Measurements:
Body Length:
085.8
String Length:
076.0
Rib Depth:
15.5
Upper Width:
34.2
Middle Width:
24.4
Bottom Width:
45.8
Information
Source:
Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 123
Literature:
Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 123; Sachs 1922, col. 120
Photographs:
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Sachs 1922: sehr roh gemacht und stark verdächtig. Otto & Adelmann 1975: “Violone, Kontrabaß-Viola da gamba”. On outside of back, in ink above fold: 1726 / Johann Caspar Weisshaupt / 1829; he repaired but did not originally make it. Overhanging edges and “stumpfen Ecken”. Table has painted purfling, long and narrow F-holes. Back and ribs of poplar. Neck too short for 7th fret. Unusual pegs may be original, likewise fingerboard and tailpiece (attached with tailgut). Sachs:Kontrabassviola; dimensions 86, 24/-/45.5, -, -. Body and soundholes shapes confirmed by TGM in person 11/10, but no photos; dendrochronology gives latest year ring as 1740 (per Dr. Klein, via A. Otterstedt 11/10). 0121