DHV:
1510
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Label Text:
Place Made:
D, Munich
Maker:
Date:
Paulus Alleci fecit / Monacho Anno 1723
Body Shape:
Festoon
Current Location:
USA, (Long Island), NY
Sound Holes:
Flame
Collection:
Private collection
No. of Strings:
4
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
69.3
String Length:
66.4
Rib Depth:
12.4
Upper Width:
32
Middle Width:
23.1
Bottom Width:
41
Information Source:
D. Kuronen to TGM, 1/09
Literature:
Photographs:
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
[Unpublished, from D. Kuronen 1/09: F+B, front 3/4, PB+head front & 3/4 (color)]
Offered to MFA Boston by private owner. Varnish on table much lighter than on back and ribs. Rosette. Supposedly, W. Monical believes it has always been a cello; but K. Martius (to TGM, 1/09) notes from photos that pegbox appears grafted, and to have extra, plugged pegholes: perhaps originally 5-string, “what Weigel and others call a ‘violon,’ instruments played with or without frets [and] tuned in fourths or fifths depending on the player.” Possibly by Jais, but lion not his; other candidates include Christa, Mayr, Fischer, Kämbl, as well as Alletsee; less likely from Prague or Vienna.