Viola da Gamba Society of America

1695 C

Bass

Edward

Lewis

# of Strings:

6

Place Made:

GB, London

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

F, Paris

Sound Holes:

C

Collection:

Private collection

Head:

Male

Catalog Number:

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Label Text:

[Illegible, handwritten]

Measurements:

String Length:

68.5

Total Length:

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Body Length:

70.3

Upper Width:

31.7

Rib Depth:

11.8

Middle Width:

23

Bottom Width:

40

Previous Owner:

Carol Herman, Claremont CA, 1984-2009; Fortunato Arico, New York, -1984

Information Source:

E. Guigues 2/14; C. Herman 6/94; W. L. Monical appraisal 6/87

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Comments:

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[Unpublished, from owner 1/14: F, F body, head FB+S, table ornament, bottom rib, many other details (color)]; [unpublished, from A. Rice 6/03: FB+S, head, table ornament (color, blurred)]

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Modern neck and pegbox, but Monical says head is original; 2-piece table and back. Not included in Hebbert 2003b, p. 39. Table ornament featuring single very large flower matches that of DA’s anon. English bass; double purfling on table and back, no other decoration on back. Semi-light fingerboard and tailpiece with perimeter purfling.