DHV:
284
Tourin ID:
GENEV 04
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
CZ
Date:
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Geneva
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Musée d’art et d’histoire
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
IM 04
Head:
Negro
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Fritz Ernst, Geneva, -1969
Measurements:
Body Length:
36.1
String Length:
33.8
Rib Depth:
4.9
Upper Width:
19.2
Middle Width:
12.9
Bottom Width:
23.7
Information
Source:
A.-M. Huwyler toTGM 4+9/24; J. Deferne, 6/10; PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Photographs:
Museum checklist (F [color]); [by PT: front (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Display photo shows small chin rest; label on wall says “Français, XVIIIe siècle”. Tourin: thin ribs, violin-type neck, possibly original. W. Monical (7/13, from photo): a Prague School viola d’amore. Huwyler (4/24): originally a viola d’amore, “corps français (Paris assez certainement, proche de J.-B. Salomon)”; neck and head of one piece of wood, probably French late 18C; back widths 19.3/12.4/23.6.