DHV:
394
Tourin ID:
INNS 03
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
Date:
Label Text:
Jacobus Stainer in Absom / prope Oenipontum 1652 [handwritten, NB in roman letters]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
A
Innsbruck
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
61
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
J. Ennemoser, Meran, -1907
Measurements:
Body Length:
62
String Length:
Rib Depth:
11.8
Upper Width:
27.8
Middle Width:
20.7
Bottom Width:
35.7
Information
Source:
PT visit 9/78, including museum data sheet
Literature:
Herzog 2003, D-8; Egg n.d., p. 38; Ferdinandeum 1915, p. 8 (A10)
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S [color]); Egg n.d., pl. 18 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Not in Senn & Roy 1986. Pegbox and upper neck probably from another instrument, not skillfully done (by J. Jais?); new fingerboard, tailpiece, and bridge are more recent. Label hard to read, may say 1652 or 1662. Rosette removed. C-holes large, unlike Stainer’s, with lower eyes larger than upper. Restored 1969-73 by Arnold Sprenger (St. Gall). Repair inscription: “Wie Gott wil. Johan Jais / Repariert Bogen 1801” [in pencil inside top]. Museum website: “Das Instrument ist jedoch zu stark verändert, um ein wirkliches Zeugnis für Stainers erste Versuche im Gambenbau zu vermitteln.” B. Schroeder to TGM 4/20: not by Stainer.