DHV:
1053
Tourin ID:
Size:
Tenor ?
Place Made:
Maker:
Date:
Label Text:
Mathias Hummel / Lauten- und Geigen- / macher in Nürnberg / Anno 1703 [printed except 03]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Halle
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Händel-Haus
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
221
Head:
Head
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
59
String Length:
53.8
Rib Depth:
12.4
Upper Width:
31.5
Middle Width:
21
Bottom Width:
35
Information
Source:
Heyde 1983, pp. 87-8; Saase 1972, pp. 94-95
Literature:
Heyde 1983, p. 88; Saase 1972, p. 95
Photographs:
Heyde 1983, p. 87 (front); Saase 1972, p. 94 (FB+S)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Heyde 1983: Rounded shoulders. Neck, fingerboard and tailpiece, pegs are early 20C. Table and pegbox old but not original to rest of instrument. C-holes essentially centered in middle bout, well above lower corners. Saase 1972: Back and ribs of bird’s-eye maple, purfling on table only; both 2-piece. Neck angled sharply back; face of head looks down into pegbox; carved back and sides of pegbox; pegs have very long shafts. (Suggested tuning E-A-d-g-b-e’-a’)