DHV:
737
Tourin ID:
PRAG 2
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Munich
Joseph Paul
Christa
Date:
1740
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CZ
Prague
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Czech Museum of Music (division of Narodni Muzeum)
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
177 E
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
68
String Length:
66
Rib Depth:
10
Upper Width:
31
Middle Width:
23
Bottom Width:
38
Information
Source:
Letter from museum to Tourin, 6/79 (+ TGM visit 10/18, on display only)
Literature:
Cizek 2008, p. 56
Photographs:
Cizek 2008, p. 56 (front 3/4, head 3/4 [color]); [unpublished, from A. Pappano 10/21: front (color); from K. Libin 7/16: front (color)]
Recordings:
Hejny 1994 (Abel)
Auctions:
Comments:
Table has 4 wings, black edging, single purfling, and rosette. Black fingerboard shows much wear from use: stained? Sculpted tailpiece with hookbar; carving on sides and front edges of pegbox. Museum’s measurements evidently only to nearest half cm.