DHV:
1193
Tourin ID:
Size:
Tenor ?
Label Text:
Place Made:
D, ?
Maker:
Date:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA, Provo, UT
Sound Holes:
Flame
Collection:
Brigham Young University
No. of Strings:
7
Catalog Number:
920024500 (formerly 0119)
Head:
Open scroll
Previous Owner:
Lotta van Buren, -1955; Brownsea Castle Collection, -1927
Measurements:
Body Length:
45
String Length:
38.1
Rib Depth:
7.6
Upper Width:
21.9
Middle Width:
29.7
Bottom Width:
27.3
Information Source:
H. Powley to TGM, 1995 + 2008; Loveless 1956, pp. 10, 18, 20
Literature:
Loveless 1956, pp. 10, 18, 20
Photographs:
Köpp 2000, p. 150 (front); Loveless 1956, pl. 1 (front); figs. 4 (sound holes) & 5 (head, side); [unpublished, from H. Powley 1/08: F+B, head front 3/4, etc. (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Loveless 1956: tenor viol, “purchased from the Brownsea Castle collection by Mr. Van der Straeten for Miss Van Buren”; letter from him to her states it’s 18th-C. German. Rosette. Dimensions taken on back, in inches. Handwritten comments on database printout provided by H. Powley (1995): New fingerboard and tailpiece. From photos: pegbox has fluted back; 3 pegs treble, 4 bass side. Perhaps a viola d’amore?