DHV:
779
Tourin ID:
SAVALL 4
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
I
Brescia
Pellegrino
Micheli
Date:
1553 ?
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Guitar
Current Location:
E
Barcelona
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Savall, Jordi
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
69.7
String Length:
69
Rib Depth:
12.9
Upper Width:
29.5
Middle Width:
22.7
Bottom Width:
40.6
Information
Source:
F. Pecchia to TGM, 12/20; Savall 1998 (Les Voix Humaines)
Literature:
Photographs:
Savall 2010 (Celtic Viol II) (front 3/4, from F-holes up [color]); Savall 1998 (Les Voix Humaines) (front 7/8, [color]) [unpublished, by AJM for TGM 6/15: F 3/4, side 7/8 [color])
Recordings:
Savall 2010 (Celtic Viol II); Savall 2002 (Lawes: Watillon); Savall 2000 (Bach II); Savall 1998a (La Folia); Savall 1998 (Les Voix Humaines); Savall 1991 (Jenkins); Savall 1990 (Ortiz); Savall 1980 (Gibbons); Savall 1980a (Coprario); Savall 1978c (Scheidt)
Auctions:
Comments:
Owner’s attribution is to “Pellegrino Zanetti” with definite date (from a label?): on most recordings 1550, but in some more recent concert programs 1553. Very large F-holes. Upper bout much narrower than lower. Table appears (from CD photo) to be slab-cut, with highly contrasting orange and black whorls. Seen in concert 6/8/15: flat back, no fold; tailgut with modern, sculpted tailpiece; end buttom apparently drilled for an endpin; strung with 1 wound and 5 gut strings; lion head very large in proportion; excellent tone and response. Dimensions from a drawing by S. Casademunt, via F. Peccia 12/20.