DHV:
911
Tourin ID:
YALE 01
Size:
Tenor
Label Text:
Place Made:
D, Königsberg
Maker:
Gregor
Karpp
Date:
1690 C
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA, New Haven, CT
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Yale University
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
4664.00 (formerly 29)
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Morris Steinert
Measurements:
Body Length:
55.4
String Length:
51.1
Rib Depth:
10.1
Upper Width:
28.1
Middle Width:
18.7
Bottom Width:
30.2
Information Source:
TGM visit 10/93
Literature:
Otterstedt 1986, p. 41 (no. 5)
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Yale 2008, p. 3 (PB+head); Steinert 1893, p. 157 (front); [by TGM: FB+S, head F+S]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Bridge by Wurlitzer. Tourin: modern neck. Maker identification confirmed by Hellwig on visit to Yale. Otterstedt only saw photos; appears to have been much altered (made smaller). 2-piece back and ribs probably birch; her dimensions 91.5, -. -/-/30.0, 10.2, 51.2. One of only three Karpp viols with C-holes (with one other tenor and one bass). Black-and-white fingerboard and tailpiece, former with all-black extension. Tailgut.