DHV:
253
Tourin ID:
EIS 05
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
1725 C
Label Text:
[None]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Eisenach
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Bach-Haus
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
37 (formerly 40)
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Aloys Obrist, Weimar -1910
Measurements:
Body Length:
68.7
String Length:
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
32.5
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
39.3
Information
Source:
PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Herzog 2003, D-21; Heyde 1976, p.75; Breidert & Freyse 1964, p. 34
Photographs:
Herzog 2003, D-21 (FB+S, head 7/8); www.schulportal-thueringen.de/media/detail?tspi=2570 (front 7/8 [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Converted to 5-string cello in 19th C. Lion head reminischent of those by Rudolph Höß and A.F. Mayr. Herzog 2003 adds: 2-piece table and back, both with single purfling; original pegbox shortened; “museum considers it [to be] from South Germany or Salzburg”; dimensions 68.8, 32.2/23.5/39.5, 13.1, 65.5. Reparirt von / Johann Lederer, Instrumentenfabrikant, / Rosenthal Schulhaus, nachst der Schrannenhalle, / Munchen [printed].