DHV:
786
Tourin ID:
SHRIN 2
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
I
Bologna
Giovanni Floriano
Guidanti
Date:
1728
Label Text:
Joannes Florenus Guidantus / Fecit Bononiae Anno 1728 [printed, except 28]
Body Shape:
Cello
Current Location:
USA
Vermillion, SD
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
National Music Museum
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
3352
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Laurence Witten, Southport, CT, 1962-1984; Emil Herrmann, New York, 1932-62; Alexander Mackay-Smith, 1931; W.E. Hill & Sons, London, -1931; E.J. Payne, England (d. 1904); Silvestre family, Lyons; Bedetti, Bologna
Measurements:
Body Length:
66.9
String Length:
70.2
Rib Depth:
12.2
Upper Width:
30
Middle Width:
22
Bottom Width:
38.6
Information
Source:
TGM visit 6/95
Literature:
Herzog 2003, IT-20; Catch 1997, pp. 132-33; Banks 1984, p. 24; Witten 1975, p. 7; Payne 1889
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, FB+S body only, head FB+S, neck heel, bottom rib, label, purfling details, etc. [color]); museum postcard (F 7/8 [color]); Banks 1984, pp. 25-27 (FB+S, front 3/4)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Excellent condition. Overhanging edges, cello corners, sloping shoulders, flat back. Top string peg closest to nut. Evidence of 12 sympathetic strings; but are this neck and pegbox original to the body? No other viols known by this maker. Website dimensions: 69.7, 28.8/20.2/37.6, 12.4, 70.0; Banks dimensions: 69.7, 28.2/-/32.8, 13.2, -; Tourin dimensions 123, 66, 30/22/38.5, 13, 69.5.