DHV:
226
Tourin ID:
CONG 3
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
NL
Amsterdam
Pieter
Rombouts
Date:
1700 C
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Washington, DC
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Library of Congress
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Henry Blakiston Wilkins, -1937
Measurements:
Body Length:
64.9
String Length:
64.4
Rib Depth:
12.6
Upper Width:
30.4
Middle Width:
22.4
Bottom Width:
37.4
Information
Source:
TGM visit 8/92; Monical Checklist 1983; Traficante 1973
Literature:
Traficante 1973, p. 36
Photographs:
Traficante 1973, pp. 50-57 (FB+S, head FB+S)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Tailpiece formerly drilled for 6 strings. Tourin/Traficante dimensions: 64.7, 30.4/22.5/37.3, 13.2, 64.4; Monical dimensions: 64.9, 30.6/22.6/37.4, 12.6, - ; “Pieter Rombouts...made this unsigned viol.” Modern neck, old pegbox, head genuine but later than body. Restored by Hill & Sons. (Not included in list in Moens 1994.)