DHV:
50
Tourin ID:
BASEL 8
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Claude
Pierray
Date:
1700 C
Label Text:
Claude Pieray, / A Paris [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Basel
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Historisches Museum
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
1916.307
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Gebrüder Hug & Co., Basel
Measurements:
Body Length:
68.7
String Length:
72
Rib Depth:
13.3
Upper Width:
32.7
Middle Width:
23.9
Bottom Width:
39.4
Information
Source:
Klaus 1997, p. 50; PT visits 6/77 & 10/78
Literature:
Klaus 1997, p. 50
Photographs:
Kirnbauer 2014, p. 35 (front 78 [color]); [by PT: front, head 3/4 (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Tourin: new neck, possibly also pegbox. Double purfling. Klaus: 2-piece table and back; repair label “Heinrich Müller / von S. blassien. 1814” [handwritten]. Tourin dimensions 69.7, 32.7/24.2/39.6, 14.0, 72.0?