DHV:
114
Tourin ID:
BERB 13
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Hamburg
Joachim
Tielke
Date:
1695 C
Label Text:
JOACHIM TIELKE // in Hamburg An. 16 [printed; reproduction]
Body Shape:
Festoon
Current Location:
D
Berlin
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
4654
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Dr. W. Bitter, Stuttgart,-1960; Fritz Wildhagen, Berlin; Geheimrat Rundnagel, Berlin
Measurements:
Body Length:
73.8
String Length:
72.0?
Rib Depth:
14.5
Upper Width:
36.7
Middle Width:
28.6
Bottom Width:
42.9
Information
Source:
Hellwig 2011, pp. 311-13; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 115
Literature:
Hellwig 2011, pp. 311-13; Hellwig 1980, p. 201; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 115
Photographs:
Hellwig 2011, pp. 53, 312 (label; F+B body only [color]); Berlin 1988, pp. 79, 236 (front 3/4, back ornament); Hellwig 1980, pp. 6 (back ornament), 201-02 (soundhole, back)); [by TGM 11/10, on display: front, back 3/4 (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Hellwig 2011, TieWV 084; Hellwig 1980, no. 046. Baryton body outline, but originally built as a viol. 2-piece table with ivory edging and double purfling; 2-piece back (arched) with glued-on carved ornaments at top, middle, and bottom. Neck, head, fingerboard, and tailpiece not original; dimensions: 73.9, 36.4/28.7/43.1, 14.4; date c. 1689 (reasons not given). Otto & Adelmann dimensions 74.0, 36.7/28.4/43.0, 14.5, 72.0. Hellwig 2011 adds: 5-piece table; middle joint of back now closed with purfling; upper of 3 ornaments enlarged in poor style; pegbox and lion’s head in style of Jais or other makers from same region. Back widths 36.4/27.9/42.8. Despite body outline, no evidence it ever was a baryton, but may have been made extra-large (perhaps with only 5 strings) for bass-line use (cf. TieWV 77); no doubt about attribution to Tielke. Hellwig 2020: Dendrochoronolgy (P. Klein) gives date of 1690 for youngest growth ring on (5-piece) table.