DHV:
245
Tourin ID:
DON 1
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Barak
Norman
Date:
1696
Label Text:
Barak Norman / At the Basse Viol / in St. Paul's Ally / London Fecit / 1696; BN monogram in center of back
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
J
Yokohama
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Robert Donington (via Wurlitzer’s)
Measurements:
Body Length:
73
String Length:
69.5
Rib Depth:
12.8
Upper Width:
34.1
Middle Width:
25.7
Bottom Width:
40.7
Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 2/96; Kambe to Smithsonian 4/93; Donington to G. Lyman 3/64
Literature:
Hebbert 2001, p. 293 (1696:2)
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from owner: F+B, head 3/4, B+S, neck heel, hookbar (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Converted from cello by Dolmetsch; neck by Hill & Sons (for Donington?); fingerboard by Masato Sato, Tokyo (for Kambe). White pegs. Ribs 13.2 at lower corners. Table ornament Type V, back center BN monogram, upper Type IIIa, lower Type III.