DHV:
1375
Tourin ID:
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Date:
17..
Label Text:
Ernst Busch / in Nürnberg / 1643 [printed except date]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Halle
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Händel-Haus
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
213
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
36
String Length:
33.5
Rib Depth:
4
Upper Width:
17.9
Middle Width:
12.4
Bottom Width:
22.2
Information
Source:
Sasse 1972, pp. 88-89
Literature:
Heyde 1983, p. 90; Sasse 1972, p. 89
Photographs:
Sasse 1972, p. 88 (FB+S)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
2-piece table and back, latter with narrow black strip down centerline. Diamond-pattern table ornament, half hidden by current fingerboard; double perimeter purfling. Soundholes have bottom eyes (only). Ribs are shallow, but corners unpointed and edges do not overhang. Neck angled back, not original. Martius & Schulze 1991: falsely attributed to Busch. Sasse 1972: Diskant-Viola da Gamba; Heyde 1983: setup as treble viol dates from late 19C or early 20C; instrument made in 1st half of 18th C as a S. German viola d’amore, later converted to a viola; label does not belong to it.