DHV:
1397
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Barak
Norman ?
Date:
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
DK
Copenhagen
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Danish Music Museum
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
1986-5
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
66
String Length:
67.6
Rib Depth:
12.6
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
Information
Source:
T. Bergstrøm to TGM, 12/03, 2/04, 6/07; B. Hebbert to TGM, 9/02
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from museum 7/15: front, front C-holes and ornament, back body only, head 3/4 (color); also on database printout 6/07: front 7/8, very small (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Museum’s data sheet gives suggested date of 1710-23; provenance unknown; acquired prior to 1986 but not given an inventory number until then. Perhaps identical to 1978-15 (KOPEC 7), q.v. Three-piece table with ornament like Norman’s Type VI, but lacking his name stamped in central circle; other differences match that on 1680 Collingwood, also without Norman’s name. Center back uses design elements also found in Norman’s Type I, II, and III, but here larger; diamond-and-arrow patterns at bottom and below fold like those on 1686 and 1694 Collingwood viols. For all these reasons, date more likely c. 1680-1700.