DHV:
251
Tourin ID:
EIS 03
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Leipzig
Johann Christian
Hoffmann
Date:
1725
Label Text:
Joh. Christian Hoffmann, / König. Poln. und Churf. / Sächs. Hoff Instrument und / Lautenmacher in Leipzig 1725. [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Eisenach
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Bach-Haus
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
1.1.1.8 (Heyde: I 35; formerly 41)
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
69.3
String Length:
71
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
31.6
Middle Width:
22.7
Bottom Width:
38.5
Information
Source:
Martius 2015, pp. 348-49; PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Martius 2015, pp. 348-49; Heyde 1976, p.74; Breidert & Freyse 1964, p. 36; Lütgendorff 1922, 2:220
Photographs:
Martius 2015, pp. 182 (neck heel, hookbar from below [color]), 247 (head 3/4 [color]), 348-49 (FB+S, head F+S, label, bridge [color]); Heyde 1976, p. 82 (front [color]); [unpublished, from M. Herzog 6/98: front (color)]
Recordings:
Freiheit 2008 (Musik im Bachhaus)
Auctions:
Comments:
Martius JCH 10. Original neck (though-neck construction); open-back pegbox with carving on all sides; head of best quality. Originally for 6 strings, but 7th probably added soon after 1725, perhaps by Hoffmann himself; 4 pegs original, 3 others from the rebuild. Bass bar and end button bored for an endpin are not original; preserved old bridge may be (with notches for both 6- and 7-string setups). Dendrochronology (by Micha Beuting) gives date of 1719 for youngest growth ring on table. Restored 1983 by Wolfgang Wenke, including new bridge and fingerboard. Back widths 30.6/21.3/38.2; string length 68-71. Heyde 1976: “in allen Teilen original” (but see above; Martius 2015: “Zubehörteile weitestgehend original, bzw. aus der Zeit des Umbaus”), dimensions 69.25, 31.15/21.85/38.35, 12.9, 69.3; Breidert & Freyse 1964 dimensions 69, 31.7/-/38.5, 13, -.