Objekt 9
Viola d'amore
Description
The viola d'amore was played in a "historical music performance" in Basel on November 23 and December 7, 1902. The historical instruments were especially in the center of attention at the event in the "Grosser Saal der Bärenzunft", Freie Strasse 14.
Object description
Maker unknown
Place unknown, 18th century(?)
... made / ... a / domini ... 1620 / Per ... Bem ... littih / ... thdovos ... goz in G (?) (handwritten, slip of paper, back inside) (dating questionable)
Spruce (top, two-piece); maple (back, two-piece, ribs, neck, pegbox); dark red-brown varnish
Pegbox with scroll
seven playing strings, (seven resonating strings removed)
L. 674 mm, 393 mm (top), 350-360 mm (strings)
Gift Gertraud König-Kühner, Riehen Inv.-Nr. 1990.174.