DHV:
120
Tourin ID:
BERB 19
Size:
Violone
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Nuremberg
Ernst
Busch
Date:
1630 C
Label Text:
... / in Nürnberg....
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Berlin
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
229
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Paul de Wit, Leipzig, -1888; “Aus der Ägidienkirche zu Nürnberg”
Measurements:
Body Length:
091.3
String Length:
087.0
Rib Depth:
17.7
Upper Width:
42.6
Middle Width:
27.9
Bottom Width:
49.9
Information
Source:
Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 172-3, 181; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 122
Literature:
Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 172-3, 181; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 122; Otto 1968, p. 66; Sachs 1922, col. 120
Photographs:
Martius & Schulze 1991, p. 173 (front 7/8; back off); Otto 1968, pl. 33 (front 7/8); [by TGM 11/10, on display: front 3/4 (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Dimensions from Otto & Adelmann 1975; Martius & Schulze 1991 give 165.0, 91.3, 42.5/27.9/49.8, 17.7, 87.0. Tailpiece & 4 pegs are new, otherwise original in all parts. F-holes have no lower eyes. Front has double inlaid purfling, back only two painted lines. Drawings by Olga Adelmann (1963) available from museum. Dendrochronology gives latest year ring as 1626 (pers. comm. from A. Otterstedt 11/10, per Dr. Klein)