DHV:
749
Tourin ID:
ROBB 1
Size:
Bass
Label Text:
Place Made:
D, Berlin
Maker:
Jacob
Meinertzen
Date:
1710
Jacob Meinertzen / Konigl. Hoff viol...[“blurred”] / und Lautenmacher in Berlin, 1710
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
true
Previous Owner:
Murray Robb, Fergus, Ontario; bought from Rosenthal, New York, 1963; he'd had for 28 years. Before that, perhaps Fritz Wildhagen, Halensee?
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.3
String Length:
61
Rib Depth:
13.3
Upper Width:
30.5
Middle Width:
22.9
Bottom Width:
37.5
Information Source:
Robb to Tourin 11/76; Robb to Lyman 1/64
Literature:
JVdGSA 5 (1968): 74-76; Lütgendorff 1922, 2:328?
Photographs:
JVdGSA 5 (1968): 75-76 (FB+S, head side)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Robb’s and JVdGSA dimensions both converted from inches; latter differ slightly (67.95, 30.8/-/38.1, 13.3, 60.1). Arched back, ivory binding; new fingerboard made for Robb is wider than neck. Perhaps the same instrument as mentioned by Lütgendorff 1922 (2:328) as being then in the collection of Fritz Wildhagen: label text including date matches, also presence of ivory edging and arched back.