DHV:
678
Tourin ID:
NURN 18
1724
Bass ?
Andreas
Jais
# of Strings:
5
Place Made:
D, Tölz
Body Shape:
Festoon
Current Location:
D, Nuremberg
Sound Holes:
Flame
Collection:
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Head:
Lion
Catalog Number:
MIR 843
Label Text:
Andreas Jais, Lautten / macher in Tölz. An. 1724 [handwritten]
Measurements:
Body Length:
70.3
String Length:
65.3
Rib Depth:
14
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
30.5
23.3
42.3
Previous Owner:
Information Source:
Martius to TGM, 4/97; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
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Auctions:
Comments:
Focht 2006, p. 108; Martius 2003; Huber 1989, p. 92; van der Meer 3/1982, p. 49
On museum’s website (FB+S [color]); Focht 2006, p. 109 (front 7/8); Martius 2003, pp. 208 (label), 208 (front 7/8, back), 209 (X-ray of neck heel), 212 (underside of table and body with table removed); Montagu 1979, p. 66 (front)
Martius 2003: dimensions 70.9, 30.6/23.8/42.4, 13.2, -; extra dimple in lower bout just below soundholes; arched back “mit wunderschöner, tief ausgearbeiteter Hohlkehle” and no fold; outline nearly identical to Höss 1709 (Deutsches Museum 34566), except that one’s upper corners aren’t pointed. Unclear if originally a viol: original top block is too narrow for 6 strings; but F. Hellwig’s 1980 restoration report states “Der Hals scheint eindeutig nicht zum Instrument zu gehören” [giving reasons]. Youngest growth ring on table is 1742 (tested by Peter Klein in 1983; both halves from same tree), so it’s probably contenporary with renecking—perhaps by Jais himself, c. 1750. [Montagu 1979: originally a bass viol, converted first into a small cello and then a fifth string added. Huber 1989: Fünf-saitiges Violoncello piccolo, umgebaute Viola da gamba. Not listed in Martius 1999 (viols at GNM). Focht 2006: “ein Hybridinstrument zwischen einem Violoncello und einer Baßgambe”.]