DHV:
876
Tourin ID:
UCLA 6
Size:
Bass
Label Text:
Place Made:
D, Munich
Maker:
Paul
Alletsee
Date:
1722
Paulus Alletssee / fecit Monachii / 1722 [printed except 22]
Body Shape:
Cello
Current Location:
A, Vienna
Sound Holes:
F
Collection:
Vázquez, José
No. of Strings:
6
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Previous Owner:
University of California at Los Angeles, no. 604007649-26 (formerly 3-24); Erich Lachmann, Los Angeles
Measurements:
Body Length:
77.6
String Length:
73.9
Rib Depth:
12.3
Upper Width:
35.8
Middle Width:
25.5
Bottom Width:
44.3
Information Source:
Vázquez website updated 10/09; TGM visit (to UCLA) 7/92
Literature:
Christie’s 10/13/09, lot 170; Herzog 2003, D-2; Lachmann 1950, p. 34
Photographs:
Christie’s 10/13/09, lot 170 (front, head 3/4 [color]); Lachmann 1950, p. 35 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Christie’s 2009/10/13, lot 170
Cello corners but sloping shoulders; table and back overhang but back is flat (Lachmann says 1 piece, slab cut). Rosette. Striped fingerboard and tailpiece (3 dark, 2 light). Lachmann gives GG tuning, but when seen was tuned in D. Tourin dimensions 128.3, 80.3, 31.1/-/43.5, 10.3, - (converted from Lachmann’s inches); “violone”; museum dimensions 77.7, 35.9, 25.6, 44.1, 12.3, 73.9; Christie’s: length of back 77.5; “ascribed” to Alletsee.