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Tenor Viola da Gamba by Gregor Karpp, Königsberg, East Prussia, 1693
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NMM 4573. Tenor viol by Gregor Karpp, Königsberg, East Prussia, 1693. Period case. Ex colls.: Canon Francis W. Galpin, Harlow, England; Eric Marshall Johnson. Handwritten label text: Gregorii Karp / In Königsberg / Anno 1693. Body length: 54.8 cm; vibrating string length: 51.0 cm. Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 1989.
Label
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Front, Sides, and Back of Pegbox
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Neck Heel
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Period Case Accompanying Tenor Viola da Gamba by Gregor Karpp
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Case Details
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Literature: Sotheby's Musical Instruments: November 23-25, 1988 (London: Sotheby's, 1988), Lot No. 663, pp. 296-297.
Herbert Heyde, Musikinstrumentenbau in Preussen (Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1994), pp. 370-371, 373.
John Koster, "Museum Collections as Resources for Musical Instrument Makers," American Lutherie, 42 (Summer 1995), p. 29.
David Schulenberg, Music of the Baroque (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), p. 45.
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