DHV:
1194
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Leipzig
Martin
Hoffmann
Date:
1688
Label Text:
Martin Hoffman / Leipzig 1688 [printed except final 8]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Provo, UT
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Brigham Young University
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
920026300 (formerly 0121)
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Lotta van Buren, 1932-1955; Edmund van der Straeten, before 1910-1932
Measurements:
Body Length:
66.2
String Length:
65.4
Rib Depth:
13.4
Upper Width:
29
Middle Width:
21.5
Bottom Width:
35.6
Information
Source:
Martius 2015, pp. 334-35; K. Martius to TGM, 2/14; H. Powley to TGM, 1995 + 2008; Loveless 1956, pp. 10, 21-22
Literature:
Martius 2015, pp. 334-35; Loveless 1956, pp. 10, 21-22; van der Straeten 1910c, p. 399
Photographs:
Martius 2015, pp. 334-35 (FB+S, head side [color]); from K. Martius (from BYU), 2/14; Loveless 1956, pl. 1 (front); van der Straeten 1910c, p. 400 (head 3/4)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Martius MH 4. Martius 2015 (not seen; all info from Daniel Day at BYU): table with ink purfling; bass bar not original; back apparently 1-piece. Neck not original; grafted pegbox; carved head perhaps 17C English. Probably converted to cello at some point; reconversion probably done for van der Straeten. Later “Repaired by Robert Kinney in Bayonne, N.J. 1936” (label). Back widths 29.0/21.6/35.5. Loveless 1956: dimensions taken on back, in inches; (“length of back 21 3/8” [= 54.3 cm] probably an error, perhaps for 27 3/8” [= 69.5 cm); widths 29.2/21.6/35.9, ribs 14.0, string length 65.4. (Van der Straeten 1910c: back and ribs of pear; Loveless 1956: body constructed from pine and maple.)