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:

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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:

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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.