DHV:
989
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
CZ
Date:
Label Text:
Lor.° e Tom.° Carcassi / In Firenze nello Anno 1740 / Alla Insegna del Giglio [printed except 40]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Williamsburg, VA
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Catharina Meints Caldwell, Oberlin, OH, 1984-Gerhard Niemeyer, South Bend, IN, 1969-1984; Henry Regnery 1938-69; Karl Barth of Boston Symphony Orchestra; instrument dealer in Weimar, Germany
Measurements:
Body Length:
71.4
String Length:
69.5
Rib Depth:
12.9
Upper Width:
34.5
Middle Width:
23.7
Bottom Width:
40.1
Information
Source:
TGM visits 7/92 and 5/09
Literature:
Caldwell 2012, pp.70-73; Herzog 2003, D-20; Monical appraisal 4/81
Photographs:
Caldwell 2012, pp. 70-73 (FB+S, head FB+S [color]); Herzog 2003, D-20 (FB+S, probably from owner); [by TGM: FB+S, head front]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Very tall, non-matching F-holes (treble more diagonal). Table and back both have single purfling and overhang ribs. Neck not original, nor pegbox and head (blindfolded woman: perhaps 1920s-30s?). Tailgut; tailpiece has diagonal upper end. Monical dimensions 71.4, 34.4/23.6/40.2, 12.8, 69.5. Caldwell 2012 dimensions: 72.0, 34.1/22.8/38.9, 12.8, 70.0.