DHV:
488
Tourin ID:
LEIPA 02
Size:
Treble ?
Label Text:
Place Made:
D,
Maker:
Date:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
Sound Holes:
Flame
Collection:
[ex-Universität Leipzig]
No. of Strings:
5
Catalog Number:
787
Head:
Head
Previous Owner:
Paul De Wit, Leipzig; Wilhelm Heyer, Cologne
Measurements:
Body Length:
34.5
String Length:
Rib Depth:
4.5
Upper Width:
15.5
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
19.5
Information Source:
Kinsky 1912, 2:445
Literature:
Kinsky 1912, 2:445
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Kinsky 1912, 2:44 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Converted from a viola d’amore, with new neck, head, fingerboard and tailpiece; ivory pegs. Kinsky 1912: “Diskant-Viola da braccio”; website: “aus einer kleinen Viola d’amore umgearbeitet.” Supposedly lost since World War II, but if so what is source for color photo on website?