DHV:
460
Tourin ID:
KOPEB 17
1695 C
Bass
Gregor
Karpp
# of Strings:
7
Place Made:
D, Königsberg
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
DK, Copenhagen
Sound Holes:
Flame
Collection:
Musikhistorisk Museum
Head:
Lion
Catalog Number:
389.D101
Label Text:
(original label illegible)
Measurements:
Body Length:
71.9
String Length:
(68.4?)
Rib Depth:
(13.0)
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
30.5
21.8
37.5
Previous Owner:
Carl Busch, Kansas City, KS USA (before 1911)
Information Source:
Otterstedt 1986, pp. 42-44; Hammerich 1911, p. 92
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Comments:
Otterstedt 1986, pp. 42-44 (no. 10); Hammerich 1911, p. 92; Hammerich 1909, p. 77
Otterstedt 1986, p. 43 (F+B, head 3/4); [by PT: front, head front (color)]
“Repaired by C.W. Tonkins 3.1.1902” Otterstedt: 3-piece table with 5-part purfling; back and ribs are birch. Neck not original, maybe by Tomkins; sharply angled so bridge very high. Pegbox and lion’s head (also neck-foot carvings) original. Her dimensions 71.9, 30.5/21.8/37.5, -, -. 4 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Tourin: neck graft at pegbox; first peg on treble side [i.e., 4 pegs treble, 3 bass side]; s dimensions 121, 70.5, 30/22/37, 13, 68.4? (“rough”). Hammerich: French or Italian, label illegible.