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 / Gehielf Wien Ao. 1729; also Antonius Stephanus / Posch Königlicher / Hoff Lauten Macher / in Wienn Anno 1733 [both printed except for last 2 digits]
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:
Stify Annaberg, -1955
Measurements:
Body Length:
109.3
String Length:
106
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
46.4
Middle Width:
31.9
Bottom Width:
60.8
Information
Source:
Harnoncourt 2023 (P21); Harnoncourt 2017, pp. 40, 190-92; Harnoncourt n.d. (Kaiserhof); Harnoncourt 1965 (Bach St. John); etc.
Literature:
Harnoncourt 2023 (P21); Harnoncourt 2017, pp.190-92
Photographs:
Harnoncourt 2023 (front 3/4, F+B body only, head FB+S, labels [color]); 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:
Harnoncourt 2017: 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. Wooden pegs plus metal tuning gears. Restored by Josef Krenn, Vienna, 1955, with new fingerboard and bridge. (Cf. the 5-string “Contrebasse attribuée à Anthony Posche, Vienna, 1733. Vienna, coll. Knava” illustrated in Moens 1996, p. 29.)