DHV:
291
Tourin ID:
GENEV 11
Size:
Tenor
Place Made:
Maker:
I
Naples
Vincenzo
Postiglione
Date:
1891
Label Text:
Per ordine di S. E. il Sigr. Duca del Balzo / Vincentius Postiglione / me fecit Neapoli 1891
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Geneva
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Musée d’art et d’histoire
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
IM 14
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Fritz Ernst, Geneva, -1969
Measurements:
Body Length:
52
String Length:
49.3
Rib Depth:
6.8
Upper Width:
23.7
Middle Width:
16.2
Bottom Width:
29.8
Information
Source:
J. Deferne to TGM, 2/10; PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Photographs:
Museum checklist (F [color]); [unpublished, from J. Deferne 2/10: front (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Arched back; F-holes lack upper eyes; overhanging edges. Short fingerboard, short tailpiece with slanted upper edge. Museum checklist: manche de violoncelle transformé.