DHV:
926
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Munich
Johann Andreas
Kämbl
Date:
1736
Label Text:
Joann Andreas Kämbl Churfürstl / Hof Lauten und Geigenmacher / in München. 1736 [printed except 6]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
Edinburgh
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
University of Edinburgh
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
1056
Head:
Devil
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Mark Brackenbury (1979-91, on loan to EUCHMI); Charles Brackenbury (d. 1979); Hereward Irenius Brackenbury (d. 1938) (purchased 6/18/1931 at Puttick & Simpson, lot 218)
Measurements:
Body Length:
40.6
String Length:
39
Rib Depth:
4.3
Upper Width:
19.5
Middle Width:
13.2
Bottom Width:
24.2
Information
Source:
Myers 1995, pp. 28-9; Emery 1982, p. 4
Literature:
Durkin 2021, pp. 16, 147; Myers 1995, pp. 28-9; Emery 1982, p. 4
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Durkin 2021, p. 17 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Myers 1995: Viola, converted from viol: original head with 6 holes plugged; original hookbar removed; rosette; dimensions taken on the back. Emery 1982: new neck; dimensions: 67.3, 40.4, -/-/24.1, 4.4, 37.0-39.0. MIMO record: unmitered body corners; line of purfling down center of neck. Durkin 2021: head is satyr or Pan; initials M I on button (also on Kämbl baryton of 1745), perhaps for Maximilian III Joseph. “Unlikely that this instrument was originally a wire-strung viola d’amore” due to late date Dimensions: 42.0, 19.4/13.0/24.0, 4.5 (perhaps altered), -. Website string length 38.0-39.0.