DHV:
958
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
I
Cremona
Francesco
Rugeri
Date:
1697
Label Text:
Francesco Ruggieri detto / il per Cremona 1697 [printed except 97; reproduction]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Portland, OR
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Max Fuller, Portland, OR, 2000-22; John Hsu, Ithaca, NY, -2000; Heinrich Joachim, New York; ... M. Ad-Ernest Gand, Paris, c. 1900
Measurements:
Body Length:
59.9
String Length:
68.3
Rib Depth:
11.2
Upper Width:
28.1
Middle Width:
20.3
Bottom Width:
34.3
Information
Source:
Monical 1989, pp. 26-27; Jacquot 1900, p. 107
Literature:
Monical 1989, pp. 26-27; Jacquot 1900, p. 107
Photographs:
Monical 1989, pp. 26-27 (FB+S, head 3/4, bass C-hole); Jacquot 1900, p. ?? (front); [unpublished, from Facebook post 1/4/24 (front, color)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Hsu (personal communication to TGM): neck by Monical c. 1985; previously had cello neck with original pegbox; owned by NY Philharmonic cellist Heinrich Joachim. Monical 1989: built without a mold; body model and C holes very French in style. Bass bar, neck, fingerboard, tailpiece, pegs not original. Had 7 strings while owned by Hsu and Fuller, but now only 6 (conversion by S. Peck). Jacquot 1900, no. 99: “Basse de viole de Francesco Rugger, 1697. M. Ad-Ernest Gand, à Paris.”