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DHV:
456
Tourin ID:
KOPEB 13

Size:

Bass

Place Made:

Maker:

I ?

Date:

16.. ?

Label Text:

[Gasparo da Salo, Brescia; removed by previous owner]

Body Shape:

Guitar

Current Location:

DK

Copenhagen

No. of Strings:

5

Collection:

Danish Music Museum

Sound Holes:

F

Catalog Number:

385.D60

Head:

Animal

Private Owner:

Previous Owner:

(bought in Nuremberg)

Measurements:

Body Length:

76

String Length:

76.8?

Rib Depth:

13

Upper Width:

33.2

Middle Width:

27

Bottom Width:

43.6

Information

Source:

Hammerich 1911, pp. 90-91

Literature:

Hammerich 1911, pp. 90-91; Hammerich 1909, pp. 75-76

Photographs:

Hammerich 1911, p. 91 (front 7/8, head 3/4); Hammerich 1909, p. 76 (front 7/8, head 3/4)

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Hammerich 1911: label [of Gasparo da Salo, Brescia] removed by previous owner; used as solo cello in Meinigen orchestra “until a few years ago”; suggested tuning in 5ths, like cello piccolo. 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side. Tourin: overhanging edges; 2-piece table and back, both with double purfling. Neck graft at pegbox; elaborate floral carving on pegbox, complex molding on front edges; camel’s head.

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