DHV:
525
Tourin ID:
LEIPC 04
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Nuremberg
Ernst
Busch
Date:
1644
Label Text:
Ernst Busch / in Nurnberg / 1644 [printed except 1644]
Body Shape:
Festoon
Current Location:
D
Leipzig
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Universität Leipzig
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
808
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Wilhelm Heyer, Cologne
Measurements:
Body Length:
62
String Length:
63.3
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
31.3
Middle Width:
22.5
Bottom Width:
35.6
Information
Source:
Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 168, 170, 180; PT visit 10/78; Kinsky 1912, 2:457
Literature:
Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 168, 170, 180; Rubardt 1955, p. 19; Schultz 1929, p. 69; Kinsky 1912, 2:457
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front 7/8 [color]); Martius & Schulze 1991, p. 146 (label); Baines 1966, pl. 106 (front 3/4); Lütgendorff 1922, vol. 1, pl. 40b (front 7/8); Kinsky 1912, 2:452 (front 7/8), 609 (label)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Martius & Schulze 1991 dimensions 112.0, 62.3, 30.1/20.4/35.3, 12.4, 63.3. Repair labels: “C.A.G. Grohmann, genannt Franck / reparirt in Bayreuth 1799” (photo in Kinsky 1912, 2:623); “Georg Phillipp Walther, / reparirt in Thurnau 1847” [handwritten]. Back and ribs of bird’s-eye maple, parchment rose, carved scroll; fingerboard and tailpiece not original. Kinsky 1912 dimensions 62, 31/-/35.5, 13, -. Baines 1966: body length 62.