DHV:
1054
Tourin ID:
17..
Bass
# of Strings:
7
Place Made:
F,
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D, Halle
Sound Holes:
Flame
Collection:
Händel-Haus
Head:
Scroll
Catalog Number:
226
Label Text:
Measurements:
String Length:
69.3
Total Length:
Body Length:
69
Upper Width:
32.7
Rib Depth:
11.7
Middle Width:
24
Bottom Width:
40.2
Previous Owner:
Information Source:
Heyde 1983, pp. 88-9; Saase 1972, pp. 100-01
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Auctions:
Comments:
Heyde 1983, pp. 88-9; Saase 1972, p. 101
Saase 1972, p. 100 (FB+S)
Saase 1972: Probably French (Mirecourt?), from first half of 18th C. 4-piece table with rosette and ebony-and-ivory edging (also on fingerboard and tailpiece); 1-piece back with no purfling. Soundholes have no upper eyes, and lower ones make a right-angle turn upward. Neck angled back quite sharply. Heyde 1983: Ribs don’t belong to table and back, which overhang them unequally. B&W table rim not original, probably by 19th-C “restorer”; back has painted purfling (and table probably did originally as well). Was converted to cello.