DHV:
1447
Tourin ID:
1697
Tenor
Franz
Zacher
# of Strings:
6
Place Made:
D, Ingolstadt
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D, Nuremberg
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Private collection
Head:
Lion
Catalog Number:
Label Text:
Frantz Zacher Lauttenmacher / in Ingolstatt 1697 [printed except 97]
Measurements:
String Length:
52.5
Total Length:
Body Length:
50.8
Upper Width:
24
Rib Depth:
9.5
Middle Width:
19
Bottom Width:
31.5
Previous Owner:
Information Source:
K. Martius to TGM, 6/06
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Auctions:
Comments:
[Unpublished, from owner: FB+S, head FB+S, label]
In poor condition, lacking lower rib and edge of table on bass side (also 3 pegs). 2-piece table with painted purfling and high arching; 1-piece back. Neck nailed onto body; Polish-style lion’s head; maple fingerboard and original poplar tailpiece inlaid with 3 broad vertical stripes of yew (?); original bass bar; end button rather than hookbar.