DHV:
488
Tourin ID:
LEIPA 02

Size:

Treble ?

Label Text:

Place Made:

D,

Maker:

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Date:

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Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

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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:

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Rib Depth:

4.5

Upper Width:

15.5

Middle Width:

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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:

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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?