DHV:
1354
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
Date:
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
[Cellist in the south of France, -c. 1977]
Measurements:
Body Length:
70
String Length:
68
Rib Depth:
13.5
Upper Width:
32
Middle Width:
23.5
Bottom Width:
39.5
Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 12/02
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from owner 9/10: FB+S, head F + front 3/4, table ornament (color); , from C. Meints 1/21: F+S body only, head front, pre-1986 (color)]]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Table with double purfling and typically English center floral ornament; back arched, in 3 pieces, without fold. Neck and pegbox were restored in 1905 and have been left as found; pegbox has old, plugged peg holes. Other restoration work done by Jean-Frédéric Schmitt of Lyon in early 1990s. Repair label: “Repar’d by Mr Dearlove / Leeds, 172 North Street / 1869, May 24 / Exhibition to Great London Exhibition 1851-1862”.