DHV:
1742
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
I
Padua
Ventura
Linarol
Date:
1585
Label Text:
1585 / Ventura di Fran.co / Linarol in Padua F. [handwriten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
I
Rome
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Museo Nazionale degli strumenti musicali
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
240
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Evan Gorga, Rome, -1949
Measurements:
Body Length:
77.5
String Length:
Rib Depth:
14.2
Upper Width:
39.4
Middle Width:
27.8
Bottom Width:
43.2
Information
Source:
P. Bohr to TGM, 3/24; P. Bohr restoration report, 2020
Literature:
Albini 1933
Photographs:
Bohr 2020 (FB+S, many details during restoration [color]); Albini 1933, p. 198 (front 7/8)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Converted to cello, probably in early 18C; restored as such by Pierre Bohr in 2020 (repair of many cracks, worm damage, etc., also new bridge and pegs); had been left open since previous incomplete resortation, probably in early 20C. Triple perimeter purfling on back (3, 5, and 3 tracks), also originally on fingerboard (with reverse colors) until narrowed; single on table (5 tracks). Upper block original, with 4 nail holes (2 still in use); bottom block not. Dendrochronology (credited to R. Hopfner: ?) dates youngest ring to 1484 with strong cross-matching to Linarol violone in Vienna (SAM 73), also dated 1585. Technical drawing by Mattia Cavazzana. Albini 1933 measurements: 76, 40/-/44, 14, -.