DHV:
529
Tourin ID:
LEIPC 08
1731
Bass
Johann Christian
Hoffmann
# of Strings:
6
Place Made:
D, Leipzig
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D, Leipzig
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Universität Leipzig
Head:
Female
Catalog Number:
819
Label Text:
Joh. Christian Hoffmann, / König. Poln. und Churf. / Sächs. Hoff Instrument und / Lautenmacher. Leipzig 1731. [handwritten]
Measurements:
Body Length:
68.9
String Length:
66
Rib Depth:
12.7
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
29.8
21.6
37.2
Previous Owner:
Wilhelm Heyer, Cologne; Paul de Wit, Leipzig
Information Source:
Martius 2015, pp. 360-61; museum to Martius to TGM, 1/07; PT visit 10/78
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Comments:
Martius 2015, pp. 360-61; Rubardt 1955, p. 30; Schultz 1929, p. 70; Kinsky 1912, 2:466; De Wit 1903, p. 93
Martius 2015, pp. 246 (head FB+S [color]), 360-61 (FB+S, head S, label [color]); on museum’s website (front [color]); museum’s website 3/05 (head front 3/4 [color]); Kinsky 1912, 2:468 (front 7/8), 456 (head 3/4), 624 (label)
Martius JCH 26. Table with medium arching, wide edge and slight recurve; very short, original, integral bass bar. Back with no purfling, very wide soundpost plate, 3 crossbars (only one original); wide corner blocks; top block not original. Neck with stripe of contrasting color wood on each side from rewidening after cello conversion, probably when “Rep. Hermann Seyffarth / Instrumentenmacher in / Gohlis 1901” (handwritten label); pegbox carved on all sides. Second repair label: “Rep. von Rudolf Elger / Lauten und Leigenmacher / in Leipzig 1948” [printed except 48]. Head original but all fittings modern except hookbar, and (perhaps) ornamental iron endpin. Dendrochronology (by Micha Beuting) gives date of 1721 for youngest growth ring on table; from same tree as JCH 36 (= GROTH 1, undated). Back widths 30.0/21.3/37.0; drawing by Ute Singer (2011) at museum. Kinsky dimensions 69, 31/-/37.5, 13, -.