DHV:
1499
Tourin ID:
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Bass
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# of Strings:
7
Place Made:
GB, ?
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB, Cardiff
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Private collection
Head:
Open scroll
Catalog Number:
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Label Text:
[None]
Measurements:
String Length:
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Total Length:
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Body Length:
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Upper Width:
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Previous Owner:
[his step-mother, in Spain]
Information Source:
P. Holman to TGM, 5/08
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Comments:
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[Unpublished, from P. Holman 5/08: F+B, head front (color)]
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Holman learned it was for sale (described as German, c. 1760), saw photos, wondered if it might be by Hintz; B. Hebbert thinks unprovable given diversity of his styles (for guitars as well as viols), but instrument is more likely English than German, though scroll and fingerboard not original (perhaps 1960s-70s, and thus likely neck also). Pencil signature of Rudolf J. Klein near soundpost, according to owner (probably a repairman).