DHV:
947
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Leipzig
Johann Christian
Hoffmann
Date:
Label Text:
Joh. Christian Hoffmann / König. Poln. und Churf. / Sächs. Hoff Instrument und / Lautenmacher in Leipzig. [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Nuremberg
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Günther Hellwig, Lübeck, -1980s
Measurements:
Body Length:
71
String Length:
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
30.7
Middle Width:
23.1
Bottom Width:
39.1
Information
Source:
Martius 2015, pp. 370-71; Martius to TGM, 10/06; Leonard & Martius 1990
Literature:
Martius 2015, pp. 370-71; Schimmelpfennig 1992 (Schenck)
Photographs:
Martius 2015, pp. 182 (top block), 370-71 (F+B, inside of back, label [color]); Schimmelpfennig 1992 (Schenck) (front)
Recordings:
Freiheit 2009 (Schaffrath); Schimmelpfennig 1992 (Schenck)
Auctions:
Comments:
Martius JCH 37. Table with wide grain, single purfling plus ebony edging, medium arching with slight recurve. Back with very wide soundpost plate; wide corner blocks. When acquired from G. Hellwig in 1980s had no neck or head, though with remains of a cello neck at button; unclear if top block is original. Interior details suggest a rebuild in S. Germany or Vienna. Dendrochronology (by Peter Klein) gives date of 1723 for youngest growth ring on table. Restored as a (7-string) viol by Reinhard Fischer in 1986. Back widths 39.3/22.8/30.7