DHV:
1632
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Barak
Norman
Date:
1720
Label Text:
Barak Norman / At the Bass Viol in / St Pauls Church=Yd / London Fecit / 1720 [printed except 1720]; BN monogram in center of back
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
E
Barcelona
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Marius de Zayas (d. 1961); Arnold Dolmetsch (probably until mid-1930s)
Measurements:
Body Length:
56.2
String Length:
56.2
Rib Depth:
9.9
Upper Width:
27.8
Middle Width:
20.1
Bottom Width:
34.2
Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 6/13
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from owner, 6/13: FBSS, F+S body only, head FB+S, monogram on back, stamp without floral ornament on table, tailpiece, bridge and C-holes diagonally (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Fingerboard, tailpiece, pegs, and bridge by Dolmetsch; neck, pegbox, and head said to be original. No perimeter purfling on either table or back; table has no central floral ornament, only circular stamp (presumably reading Barak / Norman / London / Fecit); small BN monogram in center of back, none upper and lower. Fingerboard and tailpiece dark with reddish streaks, and light-colored geometrical purfling patterns. Smallest known Norman (except trebles); right size for a tenor, but those were long obsolete by 1720.Owner: “lyra viol”; dimensions 57.5, 27/20/33.5, 10, 57.