DHV:
768
Tourin ID:
RUH 09
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Nuremberg
Matthias
Hummel
Date:
1700
Label Text:
Matthias Hummel / Lauten- u. Geigen- / macher / in Nürnberg ANNO 1700
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Niederaltaich
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Ruhland, Konrad [heirs]
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Konrad Ruhland, Niederaltaich (Germany), -2013
Measurements:
Body Length:
72
String Length:
68
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
31.6
Middle Width:
23.5
Bottom Width:
40.8
Information
Source:
M. Ruhland to TGM, 10+11/23; K. Ruhland to TGM, 12/03 (label text); Martius 1996, pp. 48-57; PT visit 9/78
Literature:
Herzog 2003, D-10; Martius 1996, pp. 48-57, 120
Photographs:
Martius 2016, p. 144 (front body only); Martius 1996, p. 119 (F+B, head side)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Martius 1996: 3-piece table, carved, with high arching and clear recurve, 2-piece back. Built on same mold as LEIPB 23 and LYMAN 1. Repair label “Domenikus Kasper, Saiten- Instrumentenmacher / Wengen im Allgäu 1890” (probably a cello conversion). Dimensions 72.2, 31.2/23.5/41.2, 12.9, -. Original pegbox: 2 pags treble, 3 bass side. Martius 2016: date illegible.