DHV:
1499
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
Date:
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
Cardiff
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
[his step-mother, in Spain]
Measurements:
Body Length:
String Length:
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
Information
Source:
P. Holman to TGM, 5/08
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from P. Holman 5/08: F+B, head front (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Holman learned it was for sale (described as German, c. 1760), saw photos, wondered if it might be by Hintz; B. Hebbert thinks unprovable given diversity of his styles (for guitars as well as viols), but instrument is more likely English than German, though scroll and fingerboard not original (perhaps 1960s-70s, and thus likely neck also). Pencil signature of Rudolf J. Klein near soundpost, according to owner (probably a repairman).