DHV:
977
Tourin ID:
Size:
Tenor
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
John
Rose
Date:
1595 ?
Label Text:
John Rose in Bridwell Anno 159?
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.980.2.394
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Geneviève Thibault, Comtesse de Chambure, -1979; Howard Head (in 1930)
Measurements:
Body Length:
53.8
String Length:
55.7
Rib Depth:
11.3
Upper Width:
26
Middle Width:
18.4
Bottom Width:
31.7
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; Fleming 2001: VME 19; Gétreau 1996 pp. 362, 735; Pringle 1978, pp. 510-11
Literature:
MacCracken 2011, p. 62 (FB+S); Topham 2003, p. 136; Fleming 2001: VME 19; Gétreau 1996 pp. 362, 735; Drescher 1990; Pringle 1978, pp. 509-11
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side; front 7/8, head 3/4 [color]); Fleming & Bryan 2016, pl. 7 (head side [color]), p. 67 (label); Khazine 2004, p. 7 (head side); Fleming 2001: VME F19 (front body only), L25 (head side), L96 (label) [all color]; Pringle 1978, pp. 510-11 (front; FB+S, from Bridewell 1930)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Bridewell 1930 gave label date as 1598; Pringle 1978 assumed that was a different instrument from Mme de Chambure’s of 1595. Gétreau 1996 says date 1604 on p. 735, but 1595 on p. 362; museum’s website gives 1604. Fleming 2001: 2-piece table, double purfling front and back. (Personal communication, 10/01: label very difficult to read; he has compared 1930 photos with Paris instrument and believes they are identical.) Drescher 1990: Baßgambe (error). On display 8/02: ribs also have double purfling but table and pegbox are plain; C holes very vertical and placed entirely above lower corners. Topham 2003: youngest growth ring is 1587 on bass side, 1589 on treble, both probably from same tree. Dimensions on museum website: 53.8, 25.5/18.1/31.6, 11.2, -.