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DHV:
290
Tourin ID:
GENEV 10

Size:

Treble ?

Place Made:

Maker:

D

Mainz

Nikolaus

Dopfer

Date:

1748

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 12

Head:

Lion

Private Owner:

Previous Owner:

Fritz Ernst, Geneva, -1969

Measurements:

Body Length:

43.5

String Length:

39

Rib Depth:

5.7

Upper Width:

21.7

Middle Width:

14.7

Bottom Width:

27.7

Information

Source:

A.-M. Huwyler to TGM 9/24; PT visit 10/78

Literature:

Photographs:

König 1985, p. 89 (front); Museum checklist (F [color]); [by PT: front (color)]

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Display photo shows chin rest. Tourin: thin ribs, violin-type neck but wide, “neck possibly original: arm viol?” Probably a viola d’amore. Huwyler back widths 21.6/14.3/27.7.

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