DHV:
1712
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
A
Salzburg
Johann Paul
Schorn
Date:
1709
Label Text:
Joann Paul Schorn / H F. Musicus auch Lauten / und Geigenmacher in Salz- / burg. Ao 1709 [printed except 09]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Leipzig
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Elisabeth Kletzin, -2020; her father; a musician from Mainz, -c. 1920
Measurements:
Body Length:
71.3
String Length:
69.9
Rib Depth:
11.2
Upper Width:
28.8
Middle Width:
20.5
Bottom Width:
37.0
Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 9+11/20
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from owner: front, body open, underside of table, label (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Arched back with no fold. Restored in 1970s by Jörn Erichson for previous owner; again in 2020 by Bernd Hiller for current owner: new neck, fingerboard and tailpiece (with fancy black-and-white edging); new soundpost and bridge, bottom block and hookbar. Soundholes originally Fs; large circular rosette. Carved head is blindfolded; upper part of pegbox original, lower part an old replacement. Widths measured on the back.