DHV:
1472
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
CZ
Prague
Johannes Udalricus
Eberle
Date:
1729
Label Text:
Johannes Udalricus Elberle ... Pragensis me fecit 1729 [printed except 29]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CDN
Toronto, ON
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Royal Ontario Museum
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
973.2
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Purchased from Monica Oliver, 1973; provenance from the estate of violinist Herman Brücklmeier
Measurements:
Body Length:
42.2
String Length:
Rib Depth:
4.7
Upper Width:
19.6
Middle Width:
13.3
Bottom Width:
24.8
Information
Source:
Museum to TGM, 2/07; Young 1980, p. 116
Literature:
Young 1980, p. 116
Photographs:
Young 1980, p. 116 (front); [unpublished, from museum: back]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
1-piece table, 1-piece back, both with single purfling. Bass bar probably original, also varnish. Neck, fingerboard, nut, bridge, tailpiece, pegs, and head not original; ribs cut down for conversion to a viola, eliminating fold in back. (Style of alterations suggests early 19th century work.) Apparently the earliest known instrument by this maker; text of label and spelling of first name non-standard, but instrument itself confirms his authorship.