DHV:
517
Tourin ID:
LEIPB 35
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Strassburg
Matheus & Johann Jakob
Epp
Date:
1660 C
Label Text:
Matheus Epp / in Strasburg // Hanss Jacob Epp / in Strassburg [printed; 2 separate labels]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
[ex-Universität Leipzig]
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
809
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Wilhelm Heyer, Cologne
Measurements:
Body Length:
69.3
String Length:
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
30.8
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
39.5
Information
Source:
Kinsky 1912, 2:458
Literature:
Schultz 1929, p. 69; Kinsky 1912, 2:458
Photographs:
Schultz 1929, Tafel XIII [not seen]; Lütgendorff 1922, vol. 1, pl. 40a (front 3/4); Kinsky 1912, 2:451 (front 3/4), 614 (label)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Back and ribs of Hungarian ash. Inlaid table and back. Fingerboard and tailpiece have black-and-white edging. Rosette. Soundholes are long and unusually-shaped, a combination of inward facing Cs and crescent or flame shaped; decorative curlicues at 4 corners of table. Lost since World War II.