DHV:
929
Tourin ID:
16..
Bass
# of Strings:
Place Made:
GB,
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D, Cologne
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
Head:
Scroll
Catalog Number:
19A
Label Text:
Measurements:
String Length:
Total Length:
126
Body Length:
69
Upper Width:
33.5
Rib Depth:
12.8
Middle Width:
24
Bottom Width:
40.3
Previous Owner:
Paul Kaiser, Brandenburg/Havel, -1942 (d. 1963)
Information Source:
Hoyler 1993, pp. 65-66; Moens 1980, no. 11
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Comments:
Hoyler 1993, pp. 65-66; Moens 1980, no. 11
Hoyler 1993, p. 66 (front 7/8)
Fingerboard and tailpiece not original; back and ribs are old replacements. Much repaired, with worm damage, especially in neck. Table ornament (floral) presumably suggested attribution written on inside of back: “Viola d’gamba by Barak Norman, M.W. Randall, repairer, 12.12.1925 London”