DHV:
785
Tourin ID:
SHRIN 1
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
I
Venice
Ventura
Linarol
Date:
1582
Label Text:
1582 / Ventura in Venetia / F. [handwritten on inside of back]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Vermillion, SD
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
National Music Museum
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
3377
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Laurence Witten, Southport, CT, 1968/9-1984; Leandro Bisiach, Milan; Correr, Venice; [probably] Andrea Mantova Benavides, Padua, 1696 and his ancestors
Measurements:
Body Length:
61.4
String Length:
65.1
Rib Depth:
11.5
Upper Width:
32.3
Middle Width:
23.3
Bottom Width:
35.7
Information
Source:
TGM visit 6/95
Literature:
Stradner 2002, p. 73; Banks 1984, p. 10; Witten 1982, p. 487; Witten 1975, pp. 43-4
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S [color]); Pio 2011, pp. 186-87 (FB+SS, head side [color]); Martius 2006, pp. 94-95 (FB+S, label); Stradner 2002, pp. 72-73 (front, label); AMIS Newsletter 14/1 (2/85): 5; Banks 1984, pp. 11-13 (F+B, side 7/8)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Restored by Andrew Dipper, 1991; report in file at Shrine. Back and ribs are bird’s-eye maple; original condition, but neck has been narrowed such that it’s currently impossible to finger either highest or lowest strings; bridge and bass bar are from 1991; tailpiece also modern. Witten 1975, p. 43: “virtually identical in every detail including the wood” to VIENNA 8 (= 1585 violone). Website dimensions: 61.3, 32/-/34, 12.2, 64.5; Banks dimensions: 66.5, 32.0/-/34.0, 12.2, -. Tourin dimensions 106, 61, 32.5/23.4/35.6, 12.3, 64.5-67.0. Drawings available from museum.