DHV:
1364
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
A
Salzburg
Johannes
Schorn
Date:
1711
Label Text:
Johannes Schorn / Hof Lauten u. / Geigenmacher Salisburgi / 1711
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Ashland, OR
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Southern Oregon University
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
70.178
Head:
Cupid
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Jack Schuman, Phoenix, Oregon, -c. 2007; Franz Nowy, Vienna, -1970
Measurements:
Body Length:
37.4
String Length:
31.5
Rib Depth:
4.5
Upper Width:
17
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
22.2
Information
Source:
J. Schuman to TGM, 5/02
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from J. Schuman: F+S, side 3/4, head 3/4, rosette]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Likely a converted viola d’amore: blindfolded Cupid head with traces of gold leaf; rosette. Announcement of Schuman’s donation of his collection to Southern Oregon U. (in Galpin Society Newsletter for Feb. 2008, p. 8) mentions this instrument, calling it a viola da braccio.