DHV:
848
Tourin ID:
TIELK 091
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Hamburg
Joachim
Tielke
Date:
1699
Label Text:
JOACHIM TIELKE // in Hamburg/ An. 1699 [large format, printed except 99]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Hamburg
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Sound Holes:
C*
Catalog Number:
1921.97
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
63.6
String Length:
63.8
Rib Depth:
12.2
Upper Width:
29.3
Middle Width:
21.6
Bottom Width:
36.1
Information
Source:
Hellwig 2011, pp. 328-29; Hellwig 1980, p. 258
Literature:
Hellwig 2011, p. 328; Hellwig 1980, p. 258
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Hellwig 2011, pp. 328-29 (F+S, fingerboard detail [color]); Pilipczuk 2008, p. 139 (label)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Hellwig 2011, TieWV 104; Hellwig 1980, no. 091. 2-piece table with sickle-shaped soundholes, ivory edging, and double purfling; back (arched and bent) with ivory edging and narrow single purfling. Pegbox with open-carved back; inlaid fingerboard and tailpiece (tortoiseshell veneer with ivory inlay except in upper half of FB); neck and fingerboard have been narrowed, then widened with strips of bird’s-eye maple; tailpiece has been shortened at bottom end. Many repairs to back and ribs; back outline altered, though table not; neck improperly restored. Dimensions 63.4, 28.7/21.4/36.0, 12.2, -. Hellwig 2011 adds: 2-piece back. Back widths 28.9/21.2/35.9, front with calipers 28.7/20.8/25.8.