DHV:
1372
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Barak
Norman
Date:
1722
Label Text:
Barak Norman / at the Bass Viol in / St Pauls Church=Yd: / London Fecit / 1722 [printed except 1722]; Barak / Norman / London [stamped on table]; BN monogram in center of back
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Bremen
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Gertrud Pietschmann, Bremen, 1980-2022; private owner, Hamburg, -1980
Measurements:
Body Length:
65
String Length:
66
Rib Depth:
12.2
Upper Width:
30.8
Middle Width:
23.3
Bottom Width:
37.5
Information
Source:
TGM visit, 11/10; T. Muthesius to TGM, 7/03
Literature:
Photographs:
[By TGM, 11/10: FB+S, table ornament, label]
Recordings:
Gerhardt 2001 (Simpson)
Auctions:
Comments:
New neck and scroll by R. Ossenbrunner. Type VII table ornament; back center BN monogram, upper and lower Type II. Two letters on label scraped away: “a[t t]he”; “V” extends to above final “n”.