DHV:
959
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
St. Louis, MO
No. of Strings:
7+5
Collection:
Washington University
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Katherine Wells (donor), -1965
Measurements:
Body Length:
68.2
String Length:
66
Rib Depth:
13.4
Upper Width:
31.8
Middle Width:
22.6
Bottom Width:
41.1
Information
Source:
TGM visit 4/93; Lichtenwanger 1974, p. 55; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5/[11?]/65
Literature:
Lichtenwanger 1974, p. 55; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5/[11?]/65
Photographs:
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 5/[11?]/65 (side 3/4); [by TGM: FB+S, head F+S, details of bridge, neck heel, patent pegs]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Sympathetic strings. 12 pegs numbered in 1 series; metal screw-tighteners at small end of all, with washers and leather pads. Deep ribs; neck & setup probably later. Neck heel much narrower than rib shoulders. Tourin and Pringle both think it’s German (from photos). Playable in early 1970s, not in 4/93.