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 with Type IV ornament; 2-piece back with BN monogram in center, upper and lower Type II; both with double purfling. 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.