Kenneth G. Fiske Museum
Bowed Strings
Violins, Practice Violins, Walking-Stick
Violin, Violas, Violas d’amore, Viols, Double Bass, Monochord, Bowed Zithers
Violins
S62 Violin, Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, 1672.
S74 Violin of German or Swiss origin, 17th century.
S12 Folk Violin, Joseph Plummer, before 1845,
Meredith, New Hampshire. In original
wooden case.
S66 Violin of German origin, ca. 1890.
S60 Violin attributed to Breton, Paris, 19th
century.
S63 Violin, Italian origin, ca. 1900.
S5 Miniature violin, Mittenwald, ca. 1900.
S15 Ornamental Violin, Mittenwald, ca. 1900.
Inlaid designs of single ornamental
boxwood purfling on belly and back; carved dog
head with red tongue.
S16 Violin, Mirecourt, ca. 1900.
S18 Violin, probably of Mittenwald origin, ca.
1900.
S17 Violin, Czechoslovakia, ca. 1910.
S57 Violin, Schönbach, ca. 1910.
S6 ¼-size Violin, Mirecourt, ca. 1920.
S8 ½-size Violin, Jackson-Guldan Co., Columbus,
Ohio, 1920-1940.
S10 ¾-size Violin, Jackson-Guldan Co., Columbus,
Ohio, 1920-1940.
S80 Violin, Roy Wyman, Los Angeles, ca. 1940.
S7 ¼-size Violin, Czechoslovakia, ca. 1940.
S58 Violin, probably of German origin, ca. 1940.
Practice Violins
S23 Mute Violin, probably made in Mirecourt,
late 19th century. Fruitwood body
in guitar form with vertical and horizontal
central members.
S1 Violin of American origin, ca. 1890. Body in
the shape of an "F" hole, with
the lower wing acting as a chin rest. 14
circular sound holes, the ribs consist
of narrow vertical strips of wood.
S11 "Fiddle-ette", C. W. Mott Co.,
Rock Falls, Illinois, ca. 1932. A hollowed
block of wood fitted with a chinrest on a dowel.
Sold by the Gamble Hinged Music
Co. of Chicago.
Walking-Stick (Cane) Violin
S4 Violin, Markneukirchen, 1870-1900.
Experimental Violins
S75 Stroh-viol (violin with a horn attachment),
Strohl-viol Co., London, ca.
1920. Loan of Leta Eastman, 1990.
S20 Violin in the shape of a Baryton, Franz
Kannamüller, Obernzell, 1836-48.
Flat back and top, lion-head scroll.
S19 Violin, probably of German origin, 19th
century. Guitar form with
crescent-shaped sound holes; Saxon or Bohemian
carved lion-head scroll.
S13 Violin, of German origin, ca. 1880. Guitar
form with five sounds on each
side lined with ebony. Lion-head scroll.
S14 Violin, probably of German origin, late 19th
century. Guitar with flat belly
and back, flame sound holes, and two end-pin
holes. Probably an acoustic
experiment using string tension.
S21 Patent Violin, Otto Reiner, Bremen, 1920.
Designed by Heinrich Kelfers with
only center bout ribs, the table and back joined
in the bouts.
S31 Violin, 20th century. Guitar form with flame
sound holes, frets cut into
fingerboard and pearl inlays on the tail piece
and the fifth and ninth frets.
Violas
S22 Small Viola probably of French origin, 18th
century. Viol-shaped body.
S32 Viola, Germany; viola d’amour table, 18th
century probably Germany; viola
neck, South Germany, ca. 1780; back and ribs,
Germany 19th century, Germany.
S25 Viola converted from a viola d’amour,
Czechoslovakia, ca. 1740. Pegbox and
scroll, Bohemian, ca. 1790, with 18th century
Saxon tailpiece of beechwood.
S24 Viola converted from a viola d’amour,
Czechoslovakia, 18th century. Carved
Blind cupid pegbox, Germany, 19th century.
S64 Viola, Carl
Anton Rösch, Leipzig, 1870.
S59 Viola, James F.
LeCyr, Los Angeles, 1947. Gasparo da Salo copy with double
purfling on belly and ornamental purfling on
back.
S65 Viola, Hellmuth Ellersieck, Laguna Beach,
1956.
Violas
d’amours
S38 Viola d’amour. Body
of Prague school, ca. 1725 with an early 20th century
back, pegbox and scroll of German workmanship in
Bohemian style. Seven bowed and
sympathetic strings.
S41 Viola d’amour, possibly Southern Germany,
ca. 1725. Six bowed and six
sympathetic strings.
S39 Viola d’amour, Prague School, ca. 1740.
S40 Viola d’amour, Johann Andreas Doerffel,
Klingenthal, ca. 1750. Six bowed and
six symphathetic strings.
S37 Viola d’amour. Belly, South Germany, ca.
1750; Pegbox, carved woman’s head,
neck, Bohemian, ca. 1730. Seven bowed and
sympathetic strings.
Viols
(Violas da gamba)
S33 Treble Viol, Leandro Bisiach, Miland, ca.
1895. A direct and accurate copy
of a 16th century viol by Gioan Maria of Brescia
in the Hill collection,
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
S67 Bass viol, Georges and André Chardon, Paris,
1900. 7 string viol made for
the Paris International Exhibition, 1900. Loan
of Pomona College, 1988.
S34 Bass viol, probably of German origin, 20th
century. Angel’s head peg box.
S70 Bass viol, Karl Roy, Mittenwald, 1967. Five
strings, made for a cellists who
are learning the bass viol.
Cellos
S36 Cello converted from a bass viol, Simon
Schödler, Passau, 1766. Neck, pegbox
and scroll, South Germany, late 18th century.
S26 Child’s Cello, probably Markneukirchen,
after 1850.
S76 Cello of German origin, ca. 1890.
S35 ¼-size Cello, L. H. B. Hand, United States,
1914-1917.
S27 ½-size Cello, Karel Vysoky, Czechoslovakia,
1930.
Double Bass
S30 Double bass, Czechoslovakia, 19th century.
S90 Double bass, probably English
origin, folk construction, ca. 1800.
Monochord
S42 Monochord, 20th century. Violin body having
one string, an extended fingerboard and a floor
peg.
Bowed Zithers
ES6 Bowed zither of Austrian origin,
"Petzmayer model" with heart-shaped body
and 4 strings.
ES7 Bowed zither of Austrian origin,
"Petzmayer model" with hear shaped body and
4 strings.
ES8 Bowed zither,
Hans Wach, Munich. Fretted fingerboard, flat back, 4 strings.
ES9 Bowed zither,
Neuner & Hornstein, Mittenwald. In violin shape with
F-holes
and 4 strings.
ES65 Ukelin, Marx Co., Jersey City, New Jersey,
ca. 1940. 32 strings.
ES71 Ukelin, Marx Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1940. 32 strings.
ES113 Bowed zither,
Lorenz Kriner, Stuttgart, ca. 1900. 4
strings.
Vielle (Hurdy-Gurdy)
ES112 Vielle, Decante, Jenzat, late 19th
century. Lute-shaped body with a man’s
carved head for a scroll.