DHV:
750
Tourin ID:
ROBB 2
165.
Bass
Jacob
Stainer ?
# of Strings:
6
Place Made:
A, Absam
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Head:
Scroll
Catalog Number:
Label Text:
Jacobus Stainer in Absom / prope oenipontum 165
Measurements:
Body Length:
68.6
String Length:
63.5
Rib Depth:
14
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
31.8
22.9
40.6
Previous Owner:
Murray Robb, Fergus, Ontario; bought from Rosenthal, New York, 1963; he'd had for 28 years
Information Source:
Robb to Tourin 11/76, Robb to Lyman 1/64
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Comments:
[Unpublished, from owner: F+B (color)]
Not in Senn & Roy 1986. Flat back but square shoulders. Had 4 strings and cello neck when Robb acquired it; he left neck but added wider fingerboard and redrilled pegbox. Per Benjamin Schröder, labels with printed date “165-” and beginning with J (not I) used until c. 1657.