DHV:
1148
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
A
Vienna
Johann Joseph
Stadlmann
Date:
1778
Label Text:
Joann Joseph / Stadlmann / Kayserl. Königl. / Hof Lauten und Geigen / macher in Wienn 1778 [printed except 78, with imperial arms in the middle of each line]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Schwerin
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Landesbibliothek Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Court chapel of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ludwigslust, 1817-91; Franz Xaver Hammer (bequest; d. 1817)
Measurements:
Body Length:
68
String Length:
70
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
31.8
Middle Width:
23.4
Bottom Width:
40.2
Information
Source:
Roloff 2008, p. 6; unpublished 2002 restoration report, Roloff to TGM, 7/08
Literature:
Wenke 2022; Roloff 2008, p. 6; Otterstedt 1994, p. 131
Photographs:
Wenke 2022 (front, F+B, body only, head 3/4 and back, rosette 3/4, end of fingerboard, top off, back off, tailpiece before and after, bridge, label [color]); Roloff 2008, pp. 7-10 (front, head 3/4, rosette, label [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
2-piece back and ribs of bird’s-eye maple; 2-piece table with ebony edging and rosette. Parchment linings, 3 crossbars (new, replacing similar ones) plus soundpost plate on back. Fingerboard with ebony veneer and scalloped lower edge; tailpiece is new. Head (painted black, white, and red) is “a singing youth with Tyrolean hat”. 2 groups of pegs (3+4), all boxwood. Rib depth at corners 13.4/13.6. Restored in 2002 by Wolfgang Wenke, Eisenach. Wenke 2022 adds: tulip design in rosette is Hungarian symbol; lengthy list of damage found and repair work done, also extensive dimensions. Until 1923, Landesbibliothek was named Herzogliche Regierungsbibliothek.