DHV:
499
Tourin ID:
LEIPB 11
Size:
Tenor
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Füssen
Sympert
Niggell ?
Date:
17.. ?
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Cello
Current Location:
D
Leipzig
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Universität Leipzig
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
806
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
56
String Length:
Rib Depth:
10
Upper Width:
25.8
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
33.5
Information
Source:
Kinsky 1912, 2:457
Literature:
MacCracken 2022, p. 88; Schultz 1929, p. 27; Kinsky 1912, 2:457
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Kinsky 1912: “Eine Uebergangsform zwischen Gamba und Violoncell; vielleicht eine Arbeit von Sympert Niggell.” F-holes reminiscent of Stainer. Pegbox and head not original. Square shoulders, slightly pointed body corners. Sculpted tailpiece with diagonal upper edge.