DHV:
867
Tourin ID:
TORRES 1
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Barak & Nathaniel
Norman & Cross
Date:
1725
Label Text:
Barak Norman / and / Nathaniel Cross / at the Bass Viol in St. / Paul's Church Yard. / London fecit 1736 [printed except 1736]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
P
Lisbon
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
68
String Length:
Rib Depth:
12.5
Upper Width:
31
Middle Width:
23.5
Bottom Width:
34.5
Information
Source:
P. Torres to Tourin 3/77
Literature:
Hebbert 2001, p. 307 (X:03)
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from J. Pringle, 6/03: label]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Double purfling front and back; back “decorated with triangular flowers.” Restored by Dietrich Kessler (at his shop in 1977): new neck, fingerboard and tailpiece, head. (Date perhaps 1726, not 1736?)