DHV:
1413
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Nuremberg
Matthias
Hummel
Date:
1690
Label Text:
Matthias Humel / Lauten und Geigen / macher / in Nürnberg . Anno 1690 [printed except 90]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Cologne
No. of Strings:
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
Head:
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
66.4
String Length:
68
Rib Depth:
13.5
Upper Width:
30.1
Middle Width:
21.6
Bottom Width:
38.3
Information
Source:
K. Martius to TGM, [11/11 and] 1/14; owner to TGM, 4/04
Literature:
Photographs:
Martius 2016, pp. 144 (front, detached table only), 147 (top off body only); [unpublished, from K. Martius 12/09: front view of detached table, label (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
In unrestored condition; had been converted to a cello. Neck, scroll, and bass bar not original. Martius’s measurements not his own. 3-piece back and ribs of bird’s-eye maple.