DHV:
352
Tourin ID:
HAM 05

Size:

Bass

Label Text:

Place Made:

GB, London

Maker:

Barak

Norman

Date:

1712

Barak Norman / at the Bass Viol in / St. Pauls Church=yd: / London Fecit 1712 [printed except 1712]; Barak / Norman / London [stamped on table]

Body Shape:

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Current Location:

D, Hamburg ?

Sound Holes:

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Collection:

Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte ?

No. of Strings:

6

Catalog Number:

1928.385

Head:

Male

Previous Owner:

“Leihgabe der Herren Schreiber und Lugert” [luthiers in Hamburg]

Measurements:

Body Length:

66

String Length:

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Rib Depth:

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Upper Width:

30.5

Middle Width:

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Bottom Width:

37

Information Source:

PT visit 9/78

Literature:

Photographs:

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Hebbert 2001, pp. 299-300 (1712:2); Schröder 1930, p. 24

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Back and ribs of bird’s-eye maple; initials BN on back.