DHV:
795
Tourin ID:
SMITH 2
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Munich
Sebastian
Mayr ?
Date:
1730 C
Label Text:
Sebastian Mayr Lautten und / Geigenmacher in München [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Washington, DC
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Smithsonian Institution
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
60.1417
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Cooper Union Museum, New York -1960
Measurements:
Body Length:
70.2
String Length:
67.2
Rib Depth:
14.4
Upper Width:
34.5
Middle Width:
25.1
Bottom Width:
41.6
Information
Source:
TGM visit; Smithsonian files
Literature:
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+B 3/4 [color]; FB+S, head side and 3/4; all unstrung); [unpublished, from museum: front, soundhole, head FB+S]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Heavily restored but still in poor condition, including worm damage. Table cut down from larger instrument. New neck. YALE UNIVERSITY scratched on back near shoulders. Not set up when seen; SL from files. Museum’s website: “made by an unknown maker in Southern Germany, about 1730”; rough workmanship, no purfling.