Gasparo Bertolotti 'da Salò', Brescia, date unknown, the 'Louis Bailly'
Viola: 44672
Back: One-piece
Varnish: Medium dark brown
Length of back: 43.8 cm
Upper bouts: 19.45 cm
Middle bouts: 13.97 cm
Lower bouts: 25.8 cm
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Notes:
Quoting Bailly: "The back bears several names scratched in the surface, with dates showing that the instrument was in Germany in the 19th century."Louis Bailly's Gasparo da Salo Viola, Maurice W. Riley, Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. III, No. 3, Lancaster, PA
"Scratched on the middle of the back is the name and date of a German owner of the viola: Kirchmayr Rhetor, 1757."
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
| in 1757 | Kirchmayr Rhetor |
| until 1908 | Silvestre & Maucotel |
| 1908-1928 | Louis Bailly |
| until 1939 | Curtis Institute of Music |
| ... | ... |
| from 1939 and in 1980 | Current owner |
Known players
Louis Bailly, Virginia Majewski
References
- Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. III, No. 3, Maurice W. Riley, The Violin Society of America, Lancaster, PA
Journal of the Violin Society of America, Vol. V, No. 1, Maurice W. Riley, The Violin Society of America, Flushing, NY (illustrated)- The History of the Viola, Volume I, Maurice W. Riley (illustrated)