DHV:
231
Tourin ID:
DOLM 03
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
A
Absam
Jacob
Stainer
Date:
1655
Label Text:
Jacobus Stainer in Absom / propè Oenipontum 1655 [printed except 5]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
Haslemere
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Carl Dolmetsch, Haslemere, 1963-1997; Mabel Dolmetsch, -1963
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.5
String Length:
69.5
Rib Depth:
12.3
Upper Width:
31.6
Middle Width:
24
Bottom Width:
41.4
Information
Source:
TGM visit 7/14; Dolmetsch 1978, p. 56; PT visit 6/77
Literature:
Rose 2012; Dolmetsch 1978, p. 56; Pallis 1978, p. 43 (front 3/4, played by Mabel Dolmetsch); Dolmetsch 1972, p. 5
Photographs:
Rose 2012, pp. 16-21 (front body only upper half, bass soundhole, head front, bottom rib, neck heel, top and bottom blocks, back bars, corner block); Dolmetsch 1978, p. 57 (F+S); Baines 1966, pl. 108 (front); Dolmetsch 1905, p. 113 (head side); [by TGM: head FB+S, label (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Not in Senn & Roy 1986. Dolmetsch 1978: original label and lion’s head; single purfling, flat back; dimensions 68.5, 31.0/-/40.5, 13.0, 68.5. Personal instrument of Mabel Dolmetsch. Baines 1966: square shoulders; body length 68. Very wide angle at lower body corners. 7 plugged holes either side of hookbar, presumably for tuning pegs for sympathetic strings.