DHV:
608
Tourin ID:
MFA 9
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
S
Kattarp
Arwitt
Rönnegren
Date:
1733
Label Text:
Arwit rönnegren / i fastarni lugede / heraf Anno 1733 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Boston, MA
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Museum of Fine Arts
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
1965.2685
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Harold Priest, Cambridge, Mass. -1965; unidentified antique store in Philadelphia
Measurements:
Body Length:
64.4
String Length:
66
Rib Depth:
11.7
Upper Width:
30.1
Middle Width:
21.3
Bottom Width:
34.6
Information
Source:
Monical 1989, pp. 28-9; museum data sheet
Literature:
Monical 1989, pp. 28-9; Lambert 1983, p. 17
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Monical 1989, pp. 28-9 (FB+S, head 3/4, label); [unpublished, from D. Kuronen 2/18: FB+S, head 3/4+S, label; 5/15: back (color)]; [by TGM, on display: front 3/4 (color)]
Recordings:
Cohen et al. 1973 (Courts and Chapels)
Auctions:
Comments:
Restored by Donald Warnock, c. 1965-70, including new neck and pegbox, using old head; also pegs, fingerboard and tailpiece. Previous neck, adapted for cello, still at MFA. Monical 1989: 2 piece table of cedar with 4 wings; ribs and back of birch; single purfling, plus black-and-white edging to table (also fingerboard and tailpiece). Tourin: 3 or 4-piece table.