DHV:
563
Tourin ID:
LIS 10
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Barak
Norman
Date:
1711
Label Text:
Barak Norman / at the Bass Viol in / St. Pauls Church=y / London fecit / 1711 [printed except 1711]; Barak / Norman / Fecit [stamped on table]; BN monogram in center of back
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
P
Lisbon
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
MM 4
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Alfred Keil, Lisbon (d. 1907)
Measurements:
Body Length:
66.6
String Length:
63.8
Rib Depth:
12.9
Upper Width:
30
Middle Width:
21.9
Bottom Width:
36.6
Information
Source:
PT visit 10/78; P. Torres to PT 3/77
Literature:
Hebbert 2001, p. 299 (1711:1); Alvarenga 1994, p. 68
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front, back 3/4 [color]); [unpublished, from J. Pringle: front body only, unstrung]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
3-piece table, 2-piece back; double purfling. Converted to cello (scroll not original), according to Alvarenga 1994 probably by Joaquim José Galrao (fl. Lisbon, 1760-94). Torres dimensions 68, 30/23.5/34, 13.5, -. Table ornament Type IV, back center BN monogram, upper and lower Type II.