DHV:
1349
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Königsberg
Gregor
Karpp
Date:
1700 C
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Zurich
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Peter Klug, Leipzig, -1994
Measurements:
Body Length:
69.5
String Length:
68.0?
Rib Depth:
12
Upper Width:
30.5
Middle Width:
22.2
Bottom Width:
37
Information
Source:
E. Duerr to TGM, 11/02
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from owner: front, head front, rosette, bass C-hole, inside of F+B, label (color)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Restored by Jörn Erichson, D-Bad Gandersheim (his report sent by owner): new neck, fingerboard and tailpiece, hookbar, pegs; new head copied from Otterstedt no. 7. Had previously been restored as a viol (presumably after an earlier cello conversion, but with neck too short, narrow, and angled, etc.), perhaps by Heinrich Th. Zimmermann, Markneukirchen, whose repair label found inside. Acquired with fake label “Gregorius Karp Königsberg 1696” (now has photocopy of label in Otterstedt no. 7), but his authorship confirmed by kind of wood used, and 3-piece table. Black-and-white border probably not original, perhaps also rosette. C-holes probably recut from Karp’s usual flames. Pegbox lengthened from 4 to 6 pegs: relic of cello state?