DHV:
585
Tourin ID:
LYMAN 1
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Nuremberg
Matthias
Hummel
Date:
1708
Label Text:
Matthias Hum[m]el / Lauten und Geigen- / macher / in Nürnberg / ANNO 1708 [printed except 1708]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Washington, DC
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Alexander Silbiger, Madison, WI; Gian Lyman, Boston; Jacques Francais, New York
Measurements:
Body Length:
69.6
String Length:
69.6
Rib Depth:
12.7
Upper Width:
31.2
Middle Width:
23.5
Bottom Width:
41.9
Information
Source:
TGM visit 11/93; JVdGSA 6 (1969): 72
Literature:
Martius 1996, pp. 48-57; Pfaff 1994, p. 42; JVdGSA 6 (1969)-B: 72-4
Photographs:
Martius 2016, p. 145 (front body only); Martius 1996, p. 163 (front body only [color]); Pfaff 1994, p. 42 (front); JVdGSA 6 (1969)-B: 64, 73-4 (F+B)
Recordings:
Slowik 1990a (Bach St. John)
Auctions:
Comments:
2-piece (?) table with slight recurve, 2-piece back, both with single purfling (now very close to edge). Restored by Lloyd Adams for G. Lyman, 1968 (had cello neck when she purchased it); new neck, pegbox, and head by Michael Heale for K. Slowik, 1980. Shoulders not very sloped (perhaps a result of cello conversion). Table varnish darker than rest. Inside of lower ribs lined with new wood; 2 crossbars on back besides soundpost plate; wooden linings to permeter, fold, and back center joint. Repair inscriptions (both in ink inside back fold, in same hand, block capitals): Restored by / Lloyd Adams / Boston Aug 1968 [bass side]; Repaired with new neck / & pegbox with lion head / by Michael Heale / Guildford, England / 1980 [treble side]. Martius 1996: built on same mold as LEIPB 23 and RUH 9. Dimensions 70.0, 31.5/23.7/41.2, 12.9, -.