DHV:
764
Tourin ID:
RUH 05
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
CZ
Date:
1760 C
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Current Location:
D
Niederaltaich
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Ruhland, Konrad [heirs]
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Konrad Ruhland, Niederaltaich (Germany) and heirs, -2009; [private owner in Munich]
Measurements:
Body Length:
71.2
String Length:
66.3
Rib Depth:
12.8
Upper Width:
31.4
Middle Width:
23.7
Bottom Width:
41
Information
Source:
M. Ruhland to TGM, 10+11/23; M. Ruhland to TGM, 10+11/23; PT visit 9/78
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Photographs:
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Arched back, rosette and double purfling on table; neck graft but original lion head; tailgut. Back and ribs of bird’s-eye maple. Dendrochronology done for current owner gave date of 1755, so date revised from Ruhland’s estimate of c. 1700. Label supposedly says “Stainer 1670”.