DHV:
859
Tourin ID:
TIELK127
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Hamburg
Joachim
Tielke
Date:
1708
Label Text:
JOACHIM TIELKE // in Hamburg, An. 1708 [small format, printed except 708, altered from printed 16—]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Sylvia Grümmer, Oberwil bei Zug, Switzerland (in 1980); Paul Grümmer, Zollikon (d. 1965); bought from a doctor in Breslau
Measurements:
Body Length:
66.8
String Length:
Rib Depth:
12.6
Upper Width:
30.5
Middle Width:
22.4
Bottom Width:
38
Information
Source:
Hellwig 2011, pp. 361-62; Hellwig 1980, p. 311
Literature:
Hellwig 2011, pp. 361-62; Hellwig 1980, p. 311
Photographs:
Hellwig 2011, p. 361 (F+B [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Hellwig 2011, TieWV 157; Hellwig 1980, no. 127. 2-piece table with narrow ivory edging and double purfling; 2-piece back (arched) with ivory edging and double purfling. Pegbox with open-carved back (lower end not original) and ivory edging; 7th peg not original; neck not original. Paul Grümmer played it in concerts for many years. Hellwig adds: repair label “... Repar. von Ernst Liebich / Hof-Instrumentenmacher / BRESLAU 1914 ... [printed except 1914]. Originally had only 6 strings. Dimensions identical to Hellwig 1980. Sylvia Grümmer played it with Berlin Philharmonic under Furtwängler. Modern tailpiece with tailgut.