DHV:
279
Tourin ID:
GALP 03, LOAN 16
Size:
Tenor ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Eisenach
Johann
Hasert
Date:
1735
Label Text:
Johannes Hasert a Eisenach / Anno 1735
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
Kilmarnock
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Dean Castle
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
MI/A59
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Lord Howard de Walden, 1968 and -1975; his father’s father-in-law, Charles van Raalte (1904; d. 1908)
Measurements:
Body Length:
44.2
String Length:
43.5
Rib Depth:
7.9
Upper Width:
22.6
Middle Width:
14.2
Bottom Width:
27.5
Information
Source:
Galpin Society 1968, p. 77 (no. 588)
Literature:
MacCracken 2022, p. 86; Durkin 2021, pp. 19-20; Köpp 2001, p. 533; Köpp 2000, p. 149; Galpin Society 1968, p. 77 (no. 588); Downing 1991, p. 68
Photographs:
Durkin 2021, p. 21 (tailpiece), 80 (head side); Köpp 2001, pp. 526, 533 (side, tailpiece); Köpp 2000, p. 150 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Galpin 1968: “Treble Viol; Viola d’amore characteristics”; Köpp 2000: viola d’amore, with original tailpiece having a hidden crossbar on the underside, with hitchpins to which metal strings could be attached; Köpp 2001 likewise. Durkin 2021: viola d’amore; appears to be in unaltered condition, with no sympathetic strings; dimensions 44.6, 22.4/14.0/27.3, 7.2, -.