DHV:
741
Tourin ID:
PRAG 6
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
CZ
Strahov
Simon Joseph
Truska
Date:
1799
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CZ
Prague
No. of Strings:
(4)
Collection:
Czech Museum of Music (division of Narodni Muzeum)
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
758 E
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
65.0
String Length:
62.5
Rib Depth:
12.0
Upper Width:
30.5
Middle Width:
22.0
Bottom Width:
38.0
Information
Source:
Letter from museum to Tourin, 6/79 (+ TGM visit 10/18, on display only)
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from A. Pappano 10/21: front (color); from K. Libin 7/16: front (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Widely outcurved lower bouts; strong recurve in upper bouts of table, less in lower bouts. Tailgut. Museum’s measurements evidently only to nearest half cm.