DHV:
594
Tourin ID:
METRO 05
Size:
Bass ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
17..
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
New York, NY
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
89.4.3373
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Francis W. Galpin, -1904
Measurements:
Body Length:
57.5
String Length:
61
Rib Depth:
11.3
Upper Width:
27.9
Middle Width:
20.6
Bottom Width:
34.5
Information
Source:
PT visit 12/78
Literature:
Monical 1989a, p. 16; Monical 1979, p. 11; Winternitz 1954, p. 262
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front 3/4); Monical 1989a, p. 16 (F+S); Monical 1979, p. 10 (F+S); Winternitz 1954, p. 262 [not seen]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Restored in 1938. Back replaced due to worm damage; now bird’s-eye maple. 2-piece table with single purfling; ribs of slab burl maple. Tourin: neck modifications. Monical (and museum website): small division viol.