Viola da Gamba Society of America

17.. ?

Bass

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# of Strings:

7

Place Made:

F, ?

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

NL, Amsterdam

Sound Holes:

C

Collection:

Rijksmuseum

Head:

Scroll

Catalog Number:

BK-KOG-1347-A

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Previous Owner:

Actual owner is the Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Amsterdam; on long-term loan to the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, 1952-2015 (MUZ-1952x0073 [0841087]); on loan to the Rijksmuseum 1888-1952 and again 2015-

Information Source:

Rijksmuseum (G.P. Di Stefano) to TGM 2/16; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78

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[Unpublished, in Gemeentemuseum database printout: F (color)]; [unpublished, from Rijksmuseum 2/16: F+B (color)]

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Tourin: Big body, ribs have 9 stripes of ebony or rosewood with ivory between, like Martin Voigt. Scroll, pegbox, tailpiece and hookbar bordered with ivory; [inlaid] ivory frets. C-holes somewhat like Pierray’s. Dated c. 1880 in printout from museum’s database received 3/2010 (body and soundhole shape info from same source); neck seems to have 12 frets; total length 126, max width 41, depth 24 (including bridge?). Di Stefano 2016 photo shows back also with many narrow stripes.