DHV:
460
Tourin ID:
KOPEB 17
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Königsberg
Gregor
Karpp
Date:
1695 C
Label Text:
(original label illegible)
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
DK
Copenhagen
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Danish Music Museum
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
389.D101
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Carl Busch, Kansas City, KS USA (before 1911)
Measurements:
Body Length:
71.9
String Length:
68.4?
Rib Depth:
13.0?
Upper Width:
30.5
Middle Width:
21.8
Bottom Width:
37.5
Information
Source:
Otterstedt 1986, pp. 42-44; Hammerich 1911, p. 92
Literature:
Otterstedt 1986, pp. 42-44 (no. 10); Hammerich 1911, p. 92; Hammerich 1909, p. 77
Photographs:
Otterstedt 1986, p. 43 (F+B, head 3/4); [by PT: front, head front (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
“Repaired by C.W. Tonkins 3.1.1902” Otterstedt: 3-piece table with 5-part purfling; back and ribs are birch. Neck not original, maybe by Tomkins; sharply angled so bridge very high. Pegbox and lion’s head (also neck-foot carvings) original. Her dimensions 71.9, 30.5/21.8/37.5, -, -. 4 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Tourin: neck graft at pegbox; first peg on treble side [i.e., 4 pegs treble, 3 bass side]; dimensions 121, 70.5, 30/22/37, 13, 68.4? (“rough”). Hammerich: French or Italian, label illegible.