DHV:
1566
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Barak
Norman
Date:
1709
Label Text:
Barak Norman / At the Basse Viol / [in Saint] Pauls Ally / London Fecit / 1709 [handwritten]; also Barak / Norman / London / Fecit [stamped on table]; BN monogram in center of back
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Samstagern
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
[bought at Phillips auction, c. 1980]
Measurements:
Body Length:
68.5
String Length:
Rib Depth:
12.7
Upper Width:
30.4
Middle Width:
23.2
Bottom Width:
37.2
Information
Source:
TGM visit 11/10
Literature:
Photographs:
[By TGM: FB+S body only, head side, neck heel, label (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
[Phillips 1980 C]
3-piece table, 2-piece back, both with double purfling. Table ornament Type IV, back center BN monogram, upper and lower Type II. Bottom of neck perhaps orginal, rest not and clearly grafted to pegbox, in which 2 sets of holes (nos. 3 and 6 from nut) are plugged for use as cello. No fingerboard, tailpiece, or bridge when seen; hookbar planed down and replaced by button for tailgut. No crossbars on back except soundpost plate; wood linings on back perimeter and center joint, cloth at fold; top block narrow and faceted, with 2 large screws.