DHV:
428
Tourin ID:
KOPEA 17
Size:
Tenor
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Frederick
Hintz
Date:
1762
Label Text:
Fredr. Hintz. Fecit London 1762 [handwritten]; I. & I. Simpson. Musical Instrument-Maker. At the Bass Viol & Flute in Sweetings Alley opposite the East door of the Royal Exchange, London [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
DK
Copenhagen
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Danish Music Museum/Claudius Samling
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
267/59
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
56.5
String Length:
58.5
Rib Depth:
11.5
Upper Width:
27.5
Middle Width:
18.5
Bottom Width:
32.5
Information
Source:
Museum to TGM, 5/07 (and via M. Herzog, 3/02); Skjerne 1931, p. 214
Literature:
Herzog 2003, GB-20; Skjerne 1931, p. 214
Photographs:
Herzog 2003, GB-20 (F+S); Skjerne 1931, p. 217 (front); [unpublished, from museum via M. Herzog 3/02: FB+S, front 3/4, bass C-hole (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
2-piece table with C-holes very vertical and set high, well above lower corners. 4-piece back (perhaps 2 above and 2 below fold?). Semi-pointed corners. Neck, pegbox, and head all of one piece of wood; pegbox holes reveal past use as a cello. Tail gut. Museum to Herzog 3/02: “no purfling but two drawn lines on belly and back.” Skjerne calls it an alto (using German terminology?) and suggests tuning in either A or G; his dimensions 58.5, -/-/33, 11.5, -. Museum drawing reveals that Skjerne’s body length of 58.5 included neck heel; even 56.5 is taken on back rather than table. Similar to instruments in Edinburgh, Ann Arbor, and Oakton.