DHV:
124
Tourin ID:
BOLOG 1
Size:
Bass
Label Text:
Place Made:
I, Bologna
Maker:
Antonio
Brensio
Date:
15..
Antonius Bononiensis [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Guitar
Current Location:
I, Bologna
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Museo Civico
No. of Strings:
6
Catalog Number:
1756
Head:
Scroll
Previous Owner:
Liceo musicale, Bologna
Measurements:
Body Length:
65.2
String Length:
60
Rib Depth:
9
Upper Width:
29.8
Middle Width:
22.3
Bottom Width:
35.7
Information Source:
Van der Meer 1993, p. 124
Literature:
Photographs:
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Van der Meer 1993, p. 124; Ferrari 1991
Van der Meer 1993, no. 121 (front); Ferrari 1991, pp. 19-20 (F+B, neck heel, end of fingerboard, label); [unpublished, from R. Cook (originally from Francisco Pecchia) 2/13: F+B, head F+S, details of ornamentation on back (color)]
Van der Meer 1993: composite, “parzialmente forse di Antonius Bononiensis, secolo XVI–XVII.” Only (3-part, arched) back, neck, and pegbox are original; his body dimensions are therefore of the back, not table. Calls Lütgendorff’s equation of this maker with Antonius Brensius purely hypothetical. Website: rest of instrument predates 1866; ribs are rather shallow; varnish on back is original. No info on maker of this name; label may be false. Ferrari 1991: arched back has a central piece with wings top and bottom and no crossbars; neck not angled back. Dimensions 66, 29.6/22/35.5, 9.7, 66. TGM: decoration at top and bottom of back very similar (but not identical) to JONES 2, labeled “Joannes Marcus.” Soundholes are backwards Cs.