DHV:
925
Tourin ID:
Size:
Tenor ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Mainz
Johann Joseph
Elsler ?
Date:
1730 C
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
Edinburgh
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
University of Edinburgh
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
333
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
44.4
String Length:
40.7
Rib Depth:
7.2
Upper Width:
21.1
Middle Width:
14.5
Bottom Width:
26.8
Information
Source:
Myers 1995, p. 39; Bevan 1990, p. 44
Literature:
MacCracken 2022, p. 86; Durkin 2021, pp. 20+142; Topham 2003, p. 141; Köpp 2000, p. 149; Myers 1995, p. 39; Bevan 1990, p. 44; Engel 1872, no. 166
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Durkin 2021, plate 5 (front 7/8, head 3/4 and back 3/4[color]); Köpp 2001, p. 533 (front without head); Köpp 2000, p. 151 (front); Myers 1990, p. 59 (F+S); Bevan 1990, p. 44 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Elaborately inlaid fingerboard and tailpiece; strings fasten to crossbar on underside of latter; ivory hookbar; 3 pegs treble, 4 bass side. Köpp 2000, p. 149: a viola d’amore, c. 1730, probably by J.J. Elsler; blindfolded female head; metal ring on bottom rib for attaching a cord to facilitate playing such a large-bodied instrument a braccio. Myers 1995: anonymous viola d’amore or treble viol (no sympathetic strings); parchment rose; body measurements taken on back. Topham 2003: youngest growth ring is 1717 on both sides of 2-piece table, but probably not from same tree. Durkin 2021: attributed to Johannes Georgius Skotschofsky (Darmstadt) based on similarity to E.1553 in the Musée de la musique, Paris (with his label dated 1767); original fingerboard and tailpiece, purfling only on front; dimensions 47.0, 21.7/14.3/26.5, 6.8, 40.7.