DHV:
547
Tourin ID:
LENIN 13
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
RUS
St. Petersburg
Joseph Antony
Wachter
Date:
1793
Label Text:
Joseph Anthony Wachter / Lauten und Violinmacher / in St. Petersbourg / anno 1793 [handwritten on main brace]
Body Shape:
Festoon?
Current Location:
RUS
St. Petersburg
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
State Museum of Theatre and Music
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
876
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
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Information
Source:
PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Blagodatov 1972, p. 92
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Comments:
Converted to cello. Blagodatov 1972: ornate body, viol form [this usually means festoon]. Tourin: shape “unusual, sort of typical Bohemian.” Once had flame holes, now Fs. Gilt head. Once had sympathetic strings; always had tailgut.