DHV:
929
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
Date:
16..
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Cologne
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
19A
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Paul Kaiser, Brandenburg/Havel, -1942 (d. 1963)
Measurements:
Body Length:
69
String Length:
Rib Depth:
12.8
Upper Width:
33.5
Middle Width:
24
Bottom Width:
40.3
Information
Source:
Hoyler 1993, pp. 65-66; Moens 1980, no. 11
Literature:
Hoyler 1993, pp. 65-66; Moens 1980, no. 11
Photographs:
Hoyler 1993, p. 66 (front 7/8)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Fingerboard and tailpiece not original; back and ribs are old replacements. Much repaired, with worm damage, especially in neck. Table ornament (floral) presumably suggested attribution written on inside of back: “Viola d’gamba by Barak Norman, M.W. Randall, repairer, 12.12.1925 London”