DHV:
402
Tourin ID:
JONES 2

Size:

Bass

Label Text:

Place Made:

I, Ferrara

Maker:

Joannes Marcus

Grappello

Date:

15.. ?

Joannes Marcus [handwritten]

Body Shape:

Guitar

Current Location:

CH, Basel

Sound Holes:

C

Collection:

Private collection

No. of Strings:

6

Catalog Number:

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Head:

Scroll

Previous Owner:

Sterling Jones, 1965-2007

Measurements:

Body Length:

60.5

String Length:

63.5

Rib Depth:

9.3

Upper Width:

29

Middle Width:

24

Bottom Width:

36

Information Source:

R. Cook to TGM, 12/09, 4/11, 2/13

Literature:

Photographs:

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

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[Unpublished, from R. Cook: F+B, front 3/4, B+S, treble soundhole, label (color)]; [by PT: FB+S (color)]

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Soundholes are backwards Cs, very close together. Geometric ornamentation at top and bottom of back, which is arched and not folded. Neck, pegbox, scroll, and fingerboard by H. Munzberg, c. 1977, reversing a cello conversion; based on a sister instrument in Bologna. Found by S. Jones in an antique store in New York City. TGM: decoration at top and bottom of back very similar (but not identical) to BOLOG 1, labeled “Antonius Bononiensis.”