DHV:
983
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Barak
Norman
Date:
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Mishawaka, IN
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Tony Bingham, London, -1980
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.4
String Length:
67.7
Rib Depth:
12.2
Upper Width:
29.1
Middle Width:
21.2
Bottom Width:
36.3
Information
Source:
TGM visit 8/92
Literature:
Hebbert 2001, p. 314 (X:37)
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from owner: FB+S (color); from R. Portillo: FB+S, head front (color)]
Recordings:
Morgan 1991 (Watkins Ale)
Auctions:
Comments:
Hebbert 2001: 3-piece table, 2-piece back, double purfling, new neck, head, fingerboard, and tailpiece; restored by Heale; dimensions 67.0, 29.0/-/36.0, -, 69.3. “Although this is probably not made by Norman it is of the same age and possibly made as the work of Norman.” Restored 1979 by Michael Heale (new neck, head, fittings); also copied after MAB’s purchase. Name scratched into table, bass side, above center bout, written sideways: G. R. Gowans. Table ornament Type VIII, back center Type III, above and below Type IIa.