DHV:
258
Tourin ID:
EIS 10
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Tölz
Andreas
Jais
Date:
1733
Label Text:
Andreas Jais Lauden / macher in Tolz. Ao. 1733 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Current Location:
D
Eisenach
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Bach-Haus
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
46 (formerly 34)
Head:
Cupid
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Aloys Obrist, Weimar -1910
Measurements:
Body Length:
38
String Length:
Rib Depth:
4.5
Upper Width:
19
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
23.5
Information
Source:
PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Heyde 1976, p.85; Breidert & Freyse 1964, p. 31
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Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Originally a viola d’amore, now a 6-string viola; neck, fingerboard, tailpiece, bridge and pegs not original. Open pegbox, blindfolded cupid head; rosette now closed. (Breidert & Freyse 1964: sechssaitige Viola, ehemalige Viola d’amore; Heyde 1976: Bratschierte Viola d’amore ... ohne Resonanzsaiten.)