DHV:
259
Tourin ID:
EIS 11
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
1740 C
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Eisenach
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Bach-Haus
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
47 (formerly 30)
Head:
Cupid
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Aloys Obrist, Weimar -1910
Measurements:
Body Length:
35
String Length:
Rib Depth:
3.8
Upper Width:
17
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
22
Information
Source:
PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Heyde 1976, p.85; Breidert & Freyse 1964, p. 28
Photographs:
[line drawing in Breidert & Freyse 1964, p. 30, and 1939, p. ??]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Originally a viola d’amore, converted c. 1800 to a 5-string viola. Neck and pegbox not original. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Breidert & Freyse 1964: Fünfsaitige Viola (Diskant-Viola-da-gamba), probably S. German; blindfolded carved head; Heyde 1976: Bratschierte Viola d’amore; only body and carved head original; back may not belong to rest; ribs shortened and back fold eliminated; tailpiece probably c. 1900. Line drawing identified in 1939 ed. of catalogue but not in 1964 ed.