DHV:
924
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Düsseldorf
Mathias & Augustinus
Kaiser
Date:
1700 C
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
Edinburgh
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
University of Edinburgh
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
2878
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
[Purchased 1988]
Measurements:
Body Length:
68
String Length:
66.5
Rib Depth:
12.4
Upper Width:
30
Middle Width:
20.7
Bottom Width:
38.4
Information
Source:
Myers 1995, pp. 38-39; AMIS Newsletter 22/1 (2/93), p. 11; Myers 1989, p. 21; Emery 1982, p. 4
Literature:
Topham 2003, p. 142; Myers 1995, pp. 38-39; AMIS Newsletter 22/1 (2/93), p. 11; Myers 1989, p. 21; Emery 1982, p. 4; ; Sotheby’s 5/22/80, lot 375
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Myers 1990, p. 60 (F+B); Sotheby’s 5/22/80, lot 375 (F+B)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Sotheby’s 1980/05/22, lot 375
Chevron stripe pattern on back of neck and pegbox. Back (2-piece plus 4 wings) and ribs of cypress; neck, head, fingerboard, and tailpiece of walnut not original (by Andrew Dipper); these plus table and back are edged with ivory, ebony, and fruitwood; rosette (oval, wood and parchment); body measurements taken on back. Maker not named by Sotheby’s: “...the head of mahogany inlaid with ivory and ebony in a chevron design, the pegbox terminating in a simple curved finial....” Table unpurfled but edged in ivory, mahogany, and ebony; oval rosette. Length of back 69.2. Topham 2003: youngest growth ring is 1688 on bass side, 1692 on treble, probably from same tree.