DHV:
594
Tourin ID:
METRO 05

17..

Bass ?

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# of Strings:

6

Place Made:

D,

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

USA, New York, NY

Sound Holes:

C

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head:

Open scroll

Catalog Number:

89.4.3373

Label Text:

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Measurements:

String Length:

61

Total Length:

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Body Length:

57.5

Upper Width:

27.9

Rib Depth:

11.3

Middle Width:

20.6

Bottom Width:

34.5

Previous Owner:

Rev. F.W. Galpin, -1904

Information Source:

PT visit 12/78

Literature:

Photographs:

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Monical 1989a, p. 16; Monical 1979, p. 11; Winternitz 1954, p. 262

On museum’s website (front 3/4); Monical 1989a, p. 16 (F+S); Monical 1979, p. 10 (F+S); Winternitz 1954, p. 262 [not seen]

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Restored in 1938. Back replaced due to worm damage; now bird’s-eye maple. 2-piece table with single purfling; ribs of slab burl maple. Tourin: neck modifications. Monical (and museum website): small division viol.