DHV:
300
Tourin ID:
GENEV 20
Size:
Violone
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Nuremberg
Ernst
Busch
Date:
16..
Label Text:
Ernst Busch, Nürnberg, 1615 [handwritten; probably not original]
Body Shape:
Festoon
Current Location:
CH
Geneva
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Musée d’art et d’histoire
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
IM 22
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Fritz Ernst, Geneva, -1969; acquired 1930 in Munich
Measurements:
Body Length:
089.0
String Length:
087.5
Rib Depth:
19.5
Upper Width:
44
Middle Width:
29
Bottom Width:
50
Information
Source:
Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 174, 181 (their info from museum + postcard)
Literature:
Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 174, 181
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+B [color]) and checklist (F [color]); König 1985, p. 89 (front); [unpublished, from MB Winn 3/13: front (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Not in museum at time of Tourin’s visit, 10/78. Martius & Schulze 1991: double purfling on table, overhanging edges front and back, neck not original; information from the museum and a postcard photo. Museum checklist photo shows wooden endpin; body length 87.5 (probably including neck heel); wood = walnut or chestnut. (Busch active from 1622; died in 1648.)