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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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