DHV:
1545
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Nuremberg
Leopold
Widhalm ?
Date:
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Geneva
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Musée d’art et d’histoire
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
IM 06
Head:
Head
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Fritz Ernst, Geneva, -1969
Measurements:
Body Length:
36.3
String Length:
32.8
Rib Depth:
5.6
Upper Width:
17.5
Middle Width:
11.9
Bottom Width:
22.9
Information
Source:
A.-M. Huwyler to TGM 9/24; J. Deferne to TGM, 2/10
Literature:
Photographs:
Museum checklist (F [color]); [unpublished, from J. Deferne 2/10: front (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Rosette; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Not recorded by Tourin. J. Deferne dimensions 37.5, 17.2/11.3/22.8, 6.0, 32.5; Huwyler’s back widths 17.5/11.3/23.0. Perhaps originally a viola d’amore, or are ribs too deep for that?