DHV:
967
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Leipzig
Johann Christian
Hoffmann
Date:
1730 C
Label Text:
Joh: Christian Hoffmann, / König. Poln. und Churf. / Sächs. Hoff Instrument und / Lautenmacher in Leipzig. [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Ellerhoop
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Hannelore Mueller, -1990
Measurements:
Body Length:
69.5
String Length:
69
Rib Depth:
12.1
Upper Width:
31.7
Middle Width:
22.7
Bottom Width:
38.7
Information
Source:
Martius 2015, pp. 366-67; S. Eckert to TGM, 10/03; JVdGSA 6 (1969): 65-6; H. Mueller, Methodik des Viola-da-Gamba-Spiels (typescript)
Literature:
Martius 2015, pp. 366-67; JVdGSA 6 (1969): 65-6
Photographs:
Martius 2015, pp. 366-67 (FB+S, head 3/4, label [color]); JVdGSA 6 (1969): 66 (side 3/4); [unpublished, from owner: F+B, head 3/4 (color)]
Recordings:
Eckert 2003 (Krieger); Mueller 1956 (Marais); Mueller 1954 (Purcell)
Auctions:
Comments:
Martius JCH 34. Table with two unsymmetrical halves, medium arching, almost no recurve. Quite small corner blocks. Neck not original; pegbox box old but does not belong to body, with plain back and sides and plugged seventh hole. Head not originally made for a musical instrument (perhaps for a chair arm?), of walnut with later gilding. All fittings from 20th C. Back widths 30.8/21.9/38.7. Owner’s dimensions 69.0, 31.5/22.8/38.8, 12.4, 69.5. Mueller: restored by W.E. Hill & Sons; no purfling on back; pegbox and [French] head are 18th-C.; fingerboard and tailpiece also not original; dimensions 69.0, 31.2/-/38.8, 12.5, 69.3.