DHV:
985
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
Date:
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
IL
Ranana
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Herzog, Myrna
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Judith Davidoff, New York, 195?-2019; Schlieps Violin Shop, New York, -195?
Measurements:
Body Length:
63.5
String Length:
65.3
Rib Depth:
11.7
Upper Width:
29.3
Middle Width:
23.2
Bottom Width:
34.8
Information
Source:
TGM visit 1/93
Literature:
Photographs:
Davidoff 1989, p. 18 (front 7/8); Glenn 1968, p. 72 (front 3/4); [unpublished, from M. Herzog 4/19: front, F+B body only, head FB+S, repair inscription; and 4/20 (after alterations): front, head FB+S, nut (color)]; [by TGM 1/93: FB+S, head FB+S, neck heel detail]
Recordings:
Davidoff 1989 (Holborne & Brade); [New York Pro Musica Renaissance Band, passim]
Auctions:
Comments:
3-piece table with 9-ply B+W purfling; 2-piece back with none (but much stronger flame in lower bouts than elsewhere); edges of both overhang the highly-figured ribs. No visible grafts between head (with Viking-type cap and long hair), pegbox (with carved back but plain sides, and 7-fold purfling on front edges), and neck. Unusual diamond-pattern carvings on neck heel sides. Fingerboard extension 1 cm into pegbox predates acqusition by J. Davidoff; bridge by W.L. Monical, who thinks it’s a composite: table English 17C, rest 19C? Bought no later than 1960; stolen 1968, recovered 1971. M. Herzog to TGM 4/19: interior inscription “A.E. [or A.V.?] / Rep. Charlottenburg / August 1927”: probably Arthur Voss. Changes to nut, neck, and fingerboard by Shlomo Moyal (2019/20) to improve playability.