DHV:
1449
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Nuremberg
Leonhard
Maussiell
Date:
1743
Label Text:
Leonhardus Mussiell / me fecit Nurmberg 1743 [printed except 43]; and brand mark L * M
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Nuremberg
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
MI 13
Head:
Angel
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
39.9
String Length:
36.3
Rib Depth:
5.6
Upper Width:
18.7
Middle Width:
12.8
Bottom Width:
23
Information
Source:
Martius 1999, p. 40; Martius 1996, p. 129
Literature:
Köpp 2000, p. 149; Martius 1999, p. 40; Martius 1996, p. 129
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Berck 2015, p. 117 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Rosette; 1-piece back, slightly arched and without fold; original bass bar and two back braces. Original neck nailed onto body; hookbar. Dendrochronolgy gives 1703 as date of youngest growth ring on table. Martius 1999: Diskantgambe, Viola d’amore alter Form. Köpp 2000 (and Berck 2015): viola d’amore. (Seen by Tourin but not listed: “prob. was a d’amore”.)