DHV:
1749
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Schönbach
Johann
Wurm
Date:
1890 C
Label Text:
Ink inscription under fingerboard: “Johann Wurm / Schönbach”
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Freyburg (Unstrut)
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Vittorio Ghielmi, -2025; private owner in Czech Republic
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Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 4/25
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from owner 4/25: F+B, head front, inscription and repair label (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Original neck; fingerboard and sculpted tailpiece with white edging (at bridge ends, a row of Vs). Repair label: “Johann Wurm / Musik- / Instrumentenerzeuger / Schönbach bei Eger / 1938” [handwritten]. Schönbach is today Luby, in Czech Republic. Wurm documented as an assistant (”Gehilfe”) in 1896. Restored by Bernd Hiller.