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DHV:
488
Tourin ID:
LEIPA 02
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
[ex-Universität Leipzig]
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
787
Head:
Head
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Paul De Wit, Leipzig; Wilhelm Heyer, Cologne
Measurements:
Body Length:
34.5
String Length:
Rib Depth:
4.5
Upper Width:
15.5
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
19.5
Information
Source:
Kinsky 1912, 2:445
Literature:
Kinsky 1912, 2:445
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Kinsky 1912, 2:444 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Converted from a viola d’amore, with new neck, head, fingerboard and tailpiece; ivory pegs. Kinsky 1912: “Diskant-Viola da braccio”; website: “aus einer kleinen Viola d’amore umgearbeitet.” Lost since World War II.
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