DHV:
519
Tourin ID:
LEIPB 40
Size:
Tenor
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
16.. ?
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Leipzig
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Universität Leipzig
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
804
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Albert Gottlieb Methfessel (1785-1869)
Measurements:
Body Length:
49.3
String Length:
56
Rib Depth:
9
Upper Width:
26.9
Middle Width:
19.6
Bottom Width:
30.5
Information
Source:
PT visit 10/78
Literature:
MacCracken 2022, p. 88; Heyde 1986, pp. 119-20; Schultz 1929, p. 70; Kinsky 1912, 2:454
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Kinsky 1912, 2:448 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Back and ribs of cherry. Soundholes lack upper eye. Heyde 1986 gives actual dimensions as 47.6-48.3, 29.2-29.9/18.5-18.9/30.5-29.2, - (??). Kinsky 1912: South German, 17C; dimensions 49.5, 21.5 [sic]/-/30.5, 9.0, -.