DHV:
373
Tourin ID:
HARN 11
Size:
Violone
Place Made:
Maker:
A
Vienna
Antony Stefan
Posch
Date:
1729
Label Text:
Antony Stephan Posch Kön:Hoff Lauthen Macher Vien Ao. 1729; also Antonius Stephanus Posch Königlicher Hof:Lauten Macher in Wienn Anno 1733 [both printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
A
Vienna
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Harnoncourt, Nikolaus [heirs]
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
String Length:
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
Information
Source:
Harnoncourt 2017, pp. 40, 190-92; Harnoncourt n.d. (Kaiserhof); Harnoncourt 1965 (Bach St. John); etc.
Literature:
Harnoncourt 2017, pp.190-92
Photographs:
Harnoncourt 1970 (Kaiserhof) no. 20; Harnoncourt 1965 (Bach St. John), no. 15; etc. (all front 7/8)
Recordings:
Harnoncourt 1970 (Kaiserhof); Harnoncourt 1965 (Bach St. John); etc.
Auctions:
Comments:
Found by an art-restorer friend of Harnoncourt’s in a tower of a castle. All glue joints had failed, and ribs had become completely unbent, but all components still present, including tailpiece, bass bar, soundpost, etc. Evidently made while Posch was still working for his father; second label added once he had received his own court appointment. Restored by Josef Krenn, Vienna, 1955. (Cf. the 5-string “Contrebasse attribuée à Anthony Posche, Vienna, 1733. Vienna, coll. Knava” illustrated in Moens 1996, p. 29.)