DHV:
1544
Tourin ID:
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:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from J. Deferne 2/10: front, head side (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
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.