DHV:
1284
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
A
Absam
Jacob
Stainer
Date:
1679
Label Text:
Jacobus Stainer in Absam prope Oenipontem, 1679 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
A
Krieglach
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
69.7
String Length:
Rib Depth:
12.4
Upper Width:
31.2
Middle Width:
22
Bottom Width:
40.4
Information
Source:
T. Muthesius to TGM, 2/11 (dimensions); photo on Duftschmid’s website [also photo from M. Herzog 6/98]
Literature:
Photographs:
On Duftschmid’s website (front); [unpublished, from M. Herzog 6/98: front 7/8; from T. Muthesius 12/19: label [color]]
Recordings:
Duftschmid [2003a?] (JS Bach); Duftschmid [2003b?] (CPE Bach); Duftschmid 2001 (Schenk)
Auctions:
Comments:
Not in Senn & Roy 1986. 1998 photo shows intricately inlaid fingerboard and tailpiece (white on black), evidently later replaced with plain black. Neck and fittings not original, but lion head is; as of 2011 has 7 strings (per T. Muthesius). (Owner’s website now reads date as 1673.)