DHV:
1489
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
S
Engelholm
Johannes Georg
Mothe
Date:
1726
Label Text:
Johannes George Mothe / Geigenmacher in Engel- / holm Anno 1726
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Dragon
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
63.4
String Length:
56
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
30.5
Middle Width:
21.7
Bottom Width:
36.1
Information
Source:
T. Muthesius to TGM, 6/07
Literature:
Boivie 1921, p. 57
Photographs:
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
“In 1977, a customer showed us an instrument in my father’s workshop: 4 strings, viol outline, through neck and old fingerboard, 3 piece front, C-holes.... No idea where from and where now!” (Neck must be very short, unless string length is a typing error for 66.0.) Bovie 1921, p. 57: Violoncello, with c-shaped f-hole; scroll ends with a dragon head. Handwritten label: “Johannes Georg Motto geigen Macher Engel-holm Anno 1726”.