DHV:
1320
Tourin ID:
–
Size:
Treble
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London (Southwark)
Henry
Jaye
Date:
16..
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Dietrich Kessler, London, 1996-2007; Brian Gibbs, Egerton, Kent, -1996
Measurements:
Body Length:
39.9
String Length:
40.7
Rib Depth:
8
Upper Width:
20.4
Middle Width:
14.3
Bottom Width:
23.3
Information
Source:
Coin (conversation, 4/09); Topham to TGM, 5+8/03, plus photos 4/09; Kessler to TGM, 1/02
Literature:
Fleming 2007, p. 29 (JP 07)
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from H. Harders 8/11: FB+S, head 3/4 (color)]; [unpublished, from J. Topham: numerous restoration details (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
When acquired by Kessler, had been used as a viola, with replacement neck and cut-down ribs. Restored by John Topham, 2001-03: new neck, inlaid fingerboard, open scroll with carved sides, replacement circular rosette (modeled on V+A Jaye treble), ribs rebuilt from 4 to 8 cm height. Length and width dimensions taken from drawing (have photocopy), so not over arching. Back is striped, 3 strips plum and 2 of burred maple; ribs are also plum; double purfling front and back (latter dark on blond stripes, blond on dark stripes). Dendrochronological tests on table yielded no matches. (Jaye probably died in 1636, per Fleming 2016.)