DHV:
680
Tourin ID:
NURN 20
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Augsburg
Rudolf
Bossart
Date:
1625
Label Text:
1625 / Rudolf Bosshard / inn Augspurg [printed except 1625]
Body Shape:
Guitar
Current Location:
D
Nuremberg
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
MIR 791
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Sammlung Rück, -1962
Measurements:
Body Length:
64.9
String Length:
62.5
Rib Depth:
12.4
Upper Width:
29
Middle Width:
21
Bottom Width:
37.3
Information
Source:
Martius 1999, pp. 47-48; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78 [not seen]
Literature:
Martius 1999, pp. 47-48; Huber 1989, p. 78
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Repair labels: 1) “Heinrich Kramer / Lauten und / Geigenmacher in Wien 1716 gut zugericht” [printed except 6]; 2) “Gebhardt Richter ... zu Vienne Anno 1831”; 3) “Jakob Krampera ... in Znaim 1839”. Martius: 5-piece back. Museum’s website: repeatedly and significantly altered; original state not reconstructable; perhaps only table and ribs are old. (Korpuslänge 66.3, Deckenlänge 64.5, widths as above for table, 30.0/22,4/38.0 for back, Korpushöhe 15.4)