DHV:
1564
Tourin ID:
1826
Bass
Samuel
Gilkes
# of Strings:
6
Place Made:
GB, London
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D, Leipzig
Sound Holes:
Flame
Collection:
Private collection
Head:
Scroll
Catalog Number:
Label Text:
Samuel Gilkes / fecit London 1826
Measurements:
Body Length:
57
String Length:
63.6
Rib Depth:
9
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
27.8
17.6
34.5
Previous Owner:
Maria Depiereux, Düsseldorf, -2016; Alfred Lessing, Düsseldorf
Information Source:
T. Fritzsch to TGM, 11/14, 12/15; T. Muthesius pvt. comm. 11/10
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Auctions:
Comments:
[Unpublished, from T. Fritzsch 2/17: front (color) and 9/16: front (color); from previous owner via T. Fritzsch 11/14: FB+S, head FB+S, bottom rib (color); from T. Muthesius 11/10: front body only]
Arched back, tailgut, overhanging edges. Soundholes long, narrow, with smooth single curve (not multiple wiggles), widest in middle, with no eyes top or bottom. Neck, pegbox and scroll original, per T. Fritzsch (to TGM, 6/16). Before restoration 2016, string length was 62.7.