DHV:
449
Tourin ID:
KOPEB 06
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
CZ
Breslau
Maximilian
Zacher
Date:
1736
Label Text:
Maximilian Zachar fec. Wratisl. 1736
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
DK
Copenhagen
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Danish Music Museum
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
375.D40
Head:
Child
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
J.A. Weidinger, -1898
Measurements:
Body Length:
42
String Length:
38.5
Rib Depth:
6.2
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
29
Information
Source:
T. Bergstrøm to TGM, 2/04; Hammerich 1911, p. 87
Literature:
Hammerich 1911, p. 87; Hammerich 1909, p. 72
Photographs:
Berck 2015, p. 117 (front); Hammerich 1911, p. 87 (front); Hammerich 1909, p. 72 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Hammerich: Traces of earlier use as a viola d’amore; calls it “Alt-Viola da braccio” but suggests A-tenor tuning. (Tourin: tenor; Berck: viola d’amore) Rather square shoulders; rosette. Repaired by E. Hjorth, Kopenhagen, 1898. (Wratislavia is Latin for Breslau = Wrocław.)