DHV:
1544
Tourin ID:
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Size:

Treble ?

Label Text:

Place Made:

D, Munich

Maker:

Rudolph

Höss

Date:

1676

Ruedolph Höß Churf / Hof Lautenmacher in / München 1676

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

CH, Geneva

Sound Holes:

Flame

Collection:

Musée d’art et d’histoire

No. of Strings:

6

Catalog Number:

IM 5

Head:

Lion

Previous Owner:

Fritz Ernst, Geneva, -1969

Measurements:

Body Length:

40

String Length:

34.5

Rib Depth:

4.9

Upper Width:

18.4

Middle Width:

12.2

Bottom Width:

22.5

Information Source:

J. Deferne to TGM, 2/10, 6/10

Literature:

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Photographs:

[Unpublished, from J. Deferne 2/10: front, head side (color)]

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

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One of only two small Höss instruments with 6 strings (other setup not original). Date seems questionable, since he worked for Lorenz Hollmayr until latter’s death in 1681; however, he also signed Berlin 4381, dated 1670 and originally a viola d’amore with sympathetic strings.