DHV:
1534
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Munich
Rudolph
Höss
Date:
1696
Label Text:
[presumably] Ruedolph Hoß Churfl. / Hof=Lautenmacher in / Munchen 1696 [printed except 96]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
A
Vienna
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
I.N. 35
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
45
String Length:
38.8
Rib Depth:
6.5
Upper Width:
21.5
Middle Width:
14.7
Bottom Width:
25
Information
Source:
Schiffler 2004, pp. 61, 69
Literature:
Schiffler 2004, pp. 61, 69
Photographs:
Bletschacher 1978, p. 151 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Very similar in size and choice of wood (ribs and back of bird’s-eye maple) to the c. 1695 instrument restored by Schiffler for a private owner in Vienna. Largest of 10 Höss “trebles”.