DHV:
548
Tourin ID:
LESS 1
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London (Southwark)
Henry
Jaye
Date:
1626
Label Text:
Henry Jaye in / Southwarke / 1626 [handwritten, not all capital letters]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Nordrhein-Westfallen
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Alfred Lessing, Düsseldorf; Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, before 1797
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.8
String Length:
70.5
Rib Depth:
13.4
Upper Width:
33.4
Middle Width:
24.6
Bottom Width:
39.4
Information
Source:
H. Hickethier to TGM, 6/98
Literature:
Fleming 2007, p. 30 (JP 16)
Photographs:
On owner’s website (front 3/4, above bridge [color]); [unpublished, K. Martius 1/07: F+S, head FB+S, label, other details (color); F+S, head FB+S, labels before restoration];
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Restored by Alfred Lessing and Rainold Passauro-Zuccaro (Belgium). Martius: 5-piece table with replacement rosette (signed Carl Bachmann on back) and double purfling, 2-piece back and ribs of fruitwood (?). Neck, pegbox, head, bass bar, and all external fittings not original, but top block is. Owner’s website: converted from 6 to 7 strings in France; probably converted to cello in 1787; rebuilt as viol in 1984. Photos at Berlin museum show it converted to a cello [before 1955?]. Repair labels: Christian Gottlob Huber, Hof. Instrument. M. in Bayreuth reparirt 1767; Repaired by H.C. Vrint, 107 Wardour Street N, London June 4th 1885 [or 1825?]; Repariert Hans Broß Geigenbaumeiter Düsseldorf 1955. Hickethier’s dimensions 72.8, 33.0/-/39.3, 14.0, -.