DHV:
1190
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass ?
Place Made:
Maker:
A
Salzburg
Jakob
Weiss
Date:
1741
Label Text:
Jakob Weis / Lauten und Geigen- / macher in Salzburg / 1741 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Nuremberg
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
MIR 794
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Sammlung Rück, -1962
Measurements:
Body Length:
81.5
String Length:
80
Rib Depth:
15.4
Upper Width:
38
Middle Width:
24.5
Bottom Width:
50.2
Information
Source:
Martius 1999, pp. 52-53
Literature:
Martius 1999, pp. 52-53; Huber 1989, p. 94
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Repair label by Nikolaus Gewennberger, 1844. Huber 1989: “sechssaitiger Kontrabaß”; website (MIMO): “Viola da Gamba (Basslage)”. Martius 1999: “Bass viola da gamba” (but NB, in this catalogue he calls basses “Tenor viola da gamba”); no purfling. Photo: F-holes very long, thin, curved, and diagonal; lower bout exaggeratedly wide and curved; has endpin.