DHV:
599
Tourin ID:
METRO 10
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D ?
Date:
Label Text:
Matthias Hummel / Lauten und Geigen= / macher / in Nürnberg / Anno 1701 [printed] (PT)
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
New York, NY
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
1976.8.37
Head:
Child
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
George Plimpton, -1976
Measurements:
Body Length:
70.8
String Length:
66.5?
Rib Depth:
12.0
Upper Width:
34.1
Middle Width:
24.3
Bottom Width:
41.7
Information
Source:
PT visit 12/78
Literature:
Martius 1996, p. 50; Monical 1989a, p. 22; Monical 1979, p. 19
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Monical 1989a, p. 22 (F+S); Jeppesen 1980, back cover (front [color]); Monical 1979, p. 18 (F+S)
Recordings:
Jeppesen 1980 (Bach Violin Sonatas); Arico 1979 (Hume/Buxtehude)
Auctions:
Comments:
7th peg added later, currently unused. Neck and pegbox not original. 2-piece table with wings, rosette, and single purfling, 2-piece back with single painted purfling. Museum admits it’s not a genuine Hummel (Monical 1979: “spurious printed label of Matthias Humel [sic]”). Repair label: “Restored Nov 1943 Dec. / Fred J. Markert / New York City”. Martius 1996: label was cut out of Kinsky’s catalogue; also, dendrochronology (by P. Klein) gives date of 1704 for youngest growth ring on table.