DHV:
969
Tourin ID:
Size:
Violone
Place Made:
Maker:
CZ
Date:
17..
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Guitar
Current Location:
USA
New York, NY
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
89.4.1528
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Crosby Brown
Measurements:
Body Length:
102
String Length:
096.5
Rib Depth:
18.9
Upper Width:
46.8
Middle Width:
37.2
Bottom Width:
57.8
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; Monical typescript (only)
Literature:
Brown 1904, 1:64
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F, 2 different photos)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Brown 1904: 17C Italian; Monical: 18C Bohemian (neck not original, back & ribs birch, overhanging table and back). Website photo: sculpted tailpiece, tailgut; large and wide F-holes with notches; 3 pegs treble, 4 bass side; “violone”. Museum cat. card: purchased from Franciolini (illustr. in Ripin’s book on him).