DHV:
749
Tourin ID:
ROBB 1
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Berlin
Jacob
Meinertzen
Date:
1710
Label Text:
Jacob Meinertzen / Konigl. Hoff, Violde gam / und Lautenmacher in Berlin, 1710 [printed except 10]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
B
Ghent
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Mrs. H. Murray Robb, Fergus, Ontario (d. 1994); Rosenthal (dealer), New York, 1935-1963; Fritz Wildhagen
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.3
String Length:
61
Rib Depth:
13.3
Upper Width:
30.5
Middle Width:
22.9
Bottom Width:
37.5
Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 11/18; Robb to Tourin 11/76; Robb to G. Lyman 1/64
Literature:
JVdGSA 5 (1968): 74-76; Lütgendorff 1922, 2:328?
Photographs:
JVdGSA 5 (1968): 75-76 (FB+S, head side); [unpublished, from owner 10/18: F+B, F+B body only, bass C-hole, table grain (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Robb’s (shown above) and JVdGSA dimensions both converted from inches; latter differ slightly (67.95, 30.8/-/38.1, 13.3, 60.1). After restoration for current owner, string length is 67.5. Arched back and ribs of bird’s-eye maple; ivory binding on table and back; fingerboard made for Robb was wider than neck. Restored by François Bodart for current owner (new neck, pegbox, head, fingerboard and tailpiece with wide white perimeter edging, etc.); double purfling on table in addition to ivory edging. Perhaps the same instrument mentioned by Lütgendorff 1922 (2:328) as being then in the collection of Fritz Wildhagen: label text including date matches, also presence of ivory edging and arched back.