DHV:
1457
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D ?
Date:
Label Text:
Gasparo da Salò. In Brescia. / 16 [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
Haslemere
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Dennis Nesbitt
Measurements:
Body Length:
73
String Length:
74?
Rib Depth:
11.4
Upper Width:
34.6
Middle Width:
25
Bottom Width:
42.5
Information
Source:
TGM visit 7/14; Bowen 2006, pp. 8-9; Pamplin to TGM, 9/01
Literature:
Photographs:
[By TGM: FB+S body only, details of decoration on F+B, head FB+S, label (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Pamplin referred to it as his “Gasparo/Linarol (double headed eagle and liveried) bass viol that was featured in the comedy film ‘Lucky Jim’ in the 1950s.” Bowen 2006: “loosely attributed to de Salo (and labelled as such). This viol had been radically re-shaped in the upper bouts, which remodelling had been camouflaged by overpainting in various floral and heraldic devices.” R. Rose 10/11 (conversation): flush ribs but both front and back have a carved bead at edge; extra wood added to shoulders to make cello shape; 1-piece arched back of bird’s-eye maple (portion above fold is new); striped ribs of plum and maple with purfling between; neck and pegbox by R. Rose. Nesbitt thought Linarol; Rose says possibly Germanic, with soundholes originally flames; F. Hellwig reportedly thinks E. European. TGM visit: double purfling on table (disappears above upper corners), single on back; painted arabesques on upper table, coat of arms on upper back. Ribs have only 4 stripes (blond nearest table). Fingerboard and tailpiece have central reddish wood, wide black edges, thin blond purfling between; honey-colored pegs with tiny black pips.