DHV:
255
Tourin ID:
EIS 07
1760 C
Bass
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# of Strings:
6
Place Made:
D,
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D, Eisenach
Sound Holes:
F
Collection:
Bach-Haus
Head:
scroll
Catalog Number:
39 (formerly 236)
Label Text:
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Measurements:
Body Length:
64.5
String Length:
68.3?
Rib Depth:
12.8
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
28.9
20.4
37.1
Previous Owner:
Aloys Obrist, Weimar -1910
Information Source:
PT visit 10/78
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Auctions:
Comments:
Herzog 2003, D-14; Heyde 1976, p.76; Breidert & Freyse 1964, p. 34
Herzog 2003, D-14 (FB+S, taken from below; head 3/4)
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Probably Thuringian work, c. 1750-70. Walnut back. Rosette (not original). Converted to cello in 19th C, reconverted after 1911, probably by Emil Burkhart (Eisenach). Square shoulders, overhanging front and back. Pegbox and pegs possibly original.