DHV:
1390
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
S
Stockholm
Petter
Hellstedt
Date:
1757
Label Text:
No 294 / P. Hellstedt / Fecit Hollmia / 1757 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
FIN
Helsinki
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
National Museum of Finland
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
NM 1847
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Victor J. Sucksdorf (architect), -1877; Dr. Matthias Åkerberg (late 18C–early 19C)
Measurements:
Body Length:
69
String Length:
68.5
Rib Depth:
13.6
Upper Width:
31
Middle Width:
21.5
Bottom Width:
38
Information
Source:
Museum to TGM, 11/03
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from museum: FB+S, head B+S]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
2-piece table, 2-piece back. Converted to a cello, perhaps c. 1800 (but complete pegbox retained?); restored in 1968 by Carlo Bergman, Helsinki (new bridge, tailpiece, 3 pegs). Still has tail gut. Back widths 31.5/22.3/38.2 (N.B., wider than front, atypically).