DHV:
1530
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Nuremberg
Matthias
Hummel
Date:
1714
Label Text:
Matthias Humel / Lauten und Geigen= / macher / in Nürnberg / Anno 1714 [printted except 1714]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Nuremberg
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
MI 959 (954?)
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Violin dealer in Nuremberg, -2009
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.8
String Length:
65.3
Rib Depth:
12.3
Upper Width:
29.7
Middle Width:
22.8
Bottom Width:
33.8
Information
Source:
K. Martius to TGM, 12/09
Literature:
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S [2 sets], front 3/4, head side [color]); Martius 2016, p. 145 145 (front body only); [unpublished, from K. Martius: F+B (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
3-piece table with single purfling, 2-piece back with none. Neck, pegbox, scroll, fingerboard, and tailpiece not original (cello conversion), likewise bass bar and probably corner blocks and back braces, though soundpost plate is likely original. Martius 2016: top block not original; middle width 21.8 (2009 worksheet gave lower width as 39.8, probably a typo).