DHV:
103
Tourin ID:
BERB 02
Size:
Treble
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Greifswald
Jeremias [II]
Würffel
Date:
16..
Label Text:
J Wurffel / Musicus Js [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Festoon
Current Location:
D
Berlin
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
541
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Paul de Wit, Leipzig, -1890
Measurements:
Body Length:
43.3
String Length:
40.2?
Rib Depth:
8.6
Upper Width:
18.3
Middle Width:
13.7
Bottom Width:
21.9
Information
Source:
Otterstedt 1994a, p. 252; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 103
Literature:
Otterstedt 1994a, p. 252; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 103; Sachs 1922, col. 113
Photographs:
Berlin 1988, p. 259 (head); Lütgendorff 1922, 1:303 (front); museum postcard (front 3/4 [color]); [by TGM 11/10, on display: F+B 3/4 (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Otto & Adelmann 1975: larger than contemporary French trebles, especially in lower bout; perhaps tuned lower, in C? Striped back (bird’s-eye maple and walnut); ribs of flamed maple and walnut. C-holes have no upper eyes, but an extra “comma” next to lower ones. New neck. Pegbox old but not original; head probably from a smaller instrument, such as viola d’amore, added in 19th C. Otterstedt 1994a claims this is practically identical (“beinahe deckungsgleich”) to KOPEA 11. 3-piece table, elegant work; rest of body of various woods, with crude inlays and generally clumsy work—perhaps made to fit pre-existing table? Lütgendorff (and Vannes): Jeremias W.; Sachs: Jeremias or Johannes. Lütgendorff: Altviola; Fleischer: Altviole. (Würffel b. 1650, d. 1726)