DHV:
919
Tourin ID:
YALE 10
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Nuremberg ?
Ernst
Busch ?
Date:
16..
Label Text:
Ernst Bu[sch] / in Nürnberg [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
New Haven, CT
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Yale University
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
4672.60 (formerly 282)
Head:
Male
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Belle Skinner, Holyoke, Mass. (No. 53)
Measurements:
Body Length:
64.5
String Length:
63.2
Rib Depth:
12.8
Upper Width:
31
Middle Width:
20.7
Bottom Width:
36.1
Information
Source:
TGM visit 10/93; Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 172, 181
Literature:
Martius & Schulze 1991, pp. 172, 181; Skinner 1933, p. 126
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S [color]); [by TGM: FB+S, bridge]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Martius & Schulze 1991 dimensions 116.2, 66.0, 31.3/20.8/36.4, 13.6, 62.5; probably converted to cello, then back to gamba; neck, fingerboard and tailpiece modern; some of their information from N. Renouf, New Haven. Label date 1644 from Skinner Catalogue, not visible to me. Unusual bridge with 5 feet; very short tailpiece. Currently unfretted. Tourin: walnut back and ribs. Repair label: “Reparirt von / Aug. Schulz Nürnberg. / 1910” [printed except 10]. (Busch active from 1622; died in 1648.)