DHV:
676
Tourin ID:
NURN 16
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Nuremberg
Ernst
Busch
Date:
1630 C
Label Text:
Michael Ignatius Stadelmann, Kayserl. Königl. / Hof Lauten- und Geigen / macher in Vien 1780 (Martius & Schulze: forgery/photocopy)
Body Shape:
Festoon
Current Location:
D
Nuremberg
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
MIR 792
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Sammlung Rück, 1941-62; Sammlung Leibbrand, Stuttgart, -1941
Measurements:
Body Length:
62.5
String Length:
62.5
Rib Depth:
11.8
Upper Width:
30
Middle Width:
20.9
Bottom Width:
35.2
Information
Source:
Martius 1999, pp. 46-47; Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 168, 180; König 1985, pp. 66-7; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Klein 2003, p. 296; Martius 1999, pp. 46-47; Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 168, 180; Huber 1989, p. 78; ; König 1985, p. 67; van der Meer 3/1982, p. 73
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 147 (front [color]), 150 (underside of table); König 1985, p. 66 (front 3/4)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Martius & Schulze 1991 dimensions 107.5, 62.3, 30.0/20.9/35.3, 11.9, 62.5; rebuilt in 18C, maybe as cello; current condition from 20C rebuild; head perhaps by Stadlmann. Van der Meer 3/1982: vielleicht Süddeutschland, 17. Jh.; umgebaut von M I Stadlmann. König 1985: back and ribs of bird’s-eye maple. Martius 1999: table has geometric ornaments in corners and dimples; dendrochronology dendrochronology gives date of 1626 for youngest growth ring on table (also in Klein 2003). Museum’s website (5/2003) lists as anonymous, i.e. neither by Busch nor by Stadlmann. Tourin: double purfling on table, single on back.