DHV:
1691
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
B
Brussels
Louis
Pierrard
Date:
1896
Label Text:
L. Pierrard ... 23 Rue Lebeau, Bruxelles 1896 [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Leipzig
No. of Strings:
7+7
Collection:
Universität Leipzig
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
853
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Fritz Steinbach, Generalmusikdirektor, Cologne
Measurements:
Body Length:
72.5
String Length:
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
33
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
39.5
Information
Source:
Kinsky 1912, 2:493
Literature:
Kinsky 1912, 2:493
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
De Léry 1910, lot 410
Kinsky calls it a “Basse de Viole d’Amour” and says it’s a modern Belgian or French copy (Nachbildung), with a repair label by Pierrard; unclear why. Back and ribs of cherry wood, table is wide grained; rosette at end of (long) fingerboard. All 14 tuning pegs in pegbox.