DHV:
218
Tourin ID:
CALD 18
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Mainz
Johann Joseph
Elsler
Date:
1732 ?
Label Text:
Ioann Ioseph Elsler / Lauten und Geigen / Macher in Meyntz 1732 [printed except 2, which is indistinct, might be 9]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Animal
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
André Meier, ?-2023; Michael Willens, New York, later Cologne, 1985-?; James Caldwell & Catharina Meints, Oberlin, OH, 1976-85; Curtis Bryant, Boston; Wm. Post Ross
Measurements:
Body Length:
69.1
String Length:
69.8
Rib Depth:
13.1
Upper Width:
31.1
Middle Width:
22.3
Bottom Width:
39
Information
Source:
TGM visit 1/94
Literature:
Photographs:
[By TGM: FB+S (color); unpublished, from C. Meints (J. Caldwell) 1/21: table & back detached before restoration, label; unpublished, from J. Kraft 4/23: F, B body, head F+S, neck heel L+R, bridge, hookbar, label (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Restored by Michael Heale, 1982: new neck, pegbox, and table (old table, brittle, was preserved); upper shoulders (ribs and back) are new wood, probably result of reconversion from cello.