DHV:
843
Tourin ID:
TIELK 078
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Hamburg
Joachim
Tielke
Date:
1696
Label Text:
JOACHIM TIELKE // in Hamburg/ An. 1696 [large format, printed except 96]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
Edinburgh
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Royal Scottish Museum (on loan to University of Edinburgh)
Sound Holes:
C*
Catalog Number:
3356 [RSM 1908-260]
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Glen Collection, Edinburgh -1908; in 1885, John Glen
Measurements:
Body Length:
64.3
String Length:
65
Rib Depth:
12.3
Upper Width:
29.5
Middle Width:
22
Bottom Width:
35.5
Information
Source:
Hellwig 2011, pp. 313-15; Myers 1995, p. 38; Hellwig 1980
Literature:
Hellwig 2011, pp. 313-15; Topham 2003, p. 144; Myers 1995, p. 38; Hellwig 1980, pp. 245-6; Watt & Langwill 1958, p. 9
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Hellwig 2011, pp. 77 (head B+S), 314-15 (F, FB+TP, hookbar [color]);Hellwig 1980, p. 245 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Hellwig 2011, TieWV 088; Hellwig 1980, no. 078. 2-piece table with sickle-shaped soundholes and double purfling; 2-piece back (arched) with a replacement piece in lower right side. Inlaid fingerboard and tailpiece (ivory on tortoiseshell veneer with ivory frame); latter has second set of 4 holes, indicating use as a cello without alteration of neck or fingerboard. Pegs not original. Dimensions 64.0, 29.5/22.0/35.5, 13.0, -. Myers 1995: dimensions (taken on back): 64.4, 29.2/22.0/35.5, 12.3, 64.0; 4-piece table, arched back, no trace of soundpost plate (soundpost now missing). Exhibited at Royal Albert Hall, London, 1885: see catalogue by A.J. Hipkins. Topham 2003: youngest growth ring is 1677 on bass side, 1682 on treble, probably not from same tree. Hellwig 2011 adds: bassbar probably original; no purfling on back. Back widths 29.1/22.0/35.5. “Ein kaum verändertes Gebrauchsinstrument.” Former Royal Scottish Museum is now National Museums of Scotland.