David Tecchler, Rome, 1730
Viola: 42458
Bearing its original label, "La terza viola" added in the margin.
Back: One-piece marked by an irregular small curl
Top: of somewhat wavy and open grain
Scroll: Plain
Ribs: of wood similar to back
Varnish: Orange-brown
Length of back: 40.3 cm
Notes:
"In forty years of constructing instruments, he had made only three violas!"The Early Development of the Viola by Luthiers of the Brescian and Cremonese Schools, Maurice W. Riley, Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. V, No. 1, Flushing, NY
Provenance
| T. Horace Plimley | |
| Sold by Benjamin Koodlach | |
| until 1965 | Myra Kestenbaum |
| from 1965 and in 1966 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: W. E. Hill & Sons, London
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References
The Strad, April, 1966, London (illustrated)- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. V, No. 1, Maurice W. Riley, The Violin Society of America, Flushing, NY
- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)