DHV:
260
Tourin ID:
EIS 12
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Klingenthal
Johann Andreas
Dörffel
Date:
1726
Label Text:
Hannss Andreas Doerffler / Violin-macher in Klingenthal / Anno 1726 [printed]
Body Shape:
Current Location:
D
Eisenach
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Bach-Haus
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
48 (formerly 32)
Head:
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Aloys Obrist, Weimar -1910
Measurements:
Body Length:
37.5
String Length:
Rib Depth:
3.5
Upper Width:
17
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
22.5
Information
Source:
PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Heyde 1976, p. 86; Breidert & Freyse 1964, p. 31
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Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Originally a viola d’amore, converted to a small viola probably in 1860s, including new neck and cut-down ribs. Rosette. Breidert & Freyse 1964: Viola, Ehemalige Diskant-Viola-da-gamba; Heyde 1976: Bratschierte Viola d’amore; only body and pegbox original; ribs shortened and back fold eliminated. Repair label: Reparavit / Georg Tiefenbrunner / Sendlingerstrasse No. 23 Munchen 18.