DHV:
285
Tourin ID:
GENEV 05
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Augsburg
Georg
Aman
Date:
1700 C
Label Text:
Georg Aman, Lau- / ten und Geigen- / macher, in Aug- /spurg 17 [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Geneva
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Musée d’art et d’histoire
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
IM 07
Head:
Cupid
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Fritz Ernst, Geneva, -1969
Measurements:
Body Length:
33.8
String Length:
36.2
Rib Depth:
5.1
Upper Width:
18.8
Middle Width:
12.9
Bottom Width:
22.1
Information
Source:
A.-M. Huwyler to TGM 4+9/24; PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Photographs:
Museum checklist (F [color]); [unpublished, from A.-M. Huwyler 9/24: label (color); [by PT: front (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Tourin: thin ribs, high arching; arm viol? TGM: Carved head is blindfolded, so likely a viola d’amore. Huwyler: “Le corps est sans sucun doute d’une viole d’amour”; head original, fingerboard perhaps also, with passage for sympathetic strings.