DHV:
666
Tourin ID:
NURN 06
Size:
Tenor
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Nuremberg
Ernst
Busch
Date:
1640 C
Label Text:
Ernst Busch / in Nürnberg [printed]
Body Shape:
Festoon
Current Location:
D
Nuremberg
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
MI 9
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Acquired 1859, probably from a Nuremberg church
Measurements:
Body Length:
48.3
String Length:
49
Rib Depth:
8.9
Upper Width:
24.9
Middle Width:
17.1
Bottom Width:
28.3
Information
Source:
Martius 1999, p. 43; Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 166, 180; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
MacCracken 2022, p. 88; Klein 2003, p. 295; Martius 1999, p. 43; Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 166, 180; Huber 1989, p. 77; van der Meer 3/1982, p. 21
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side [color]; Martius & Schulze 1991, p. 147 (front [color]); Moens 1987, p. 371 (front body only)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Martius 1999 and Martius & Schulze 1991 dimensions: 83.0, 48.3, 24.9/17.1/28.3, 8.9, 49.0 Tourin: Double purfling on front, single on back. Martius: table has geometric ornaments in corners and dimples; back likewise plus one in center. Neck of plumwood; has been shortened at the 2nd fret. Moens 1987: neck, pegbox, fingerboard and tailpiece not original. Klein 2003: dendrochronology gives dates of 1611/1636 for youngest growth rings on table.