DHV:
202
Tourin ID:
CALD 02
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Eisenach
Johann
Hasert
Date:
1726
Label Text:
Johann Hasert a Eisenach Anno 1726 [printed except last 2 digits; final digit might be 3 or 5]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Munich
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Heumann, Friederika
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Catharina Meints Caldwell, Oberlin, OH, 1968-2023; Wurlitzer, -1968
Measurements:
Body Length:
71.9
String Length:
70
Rib Depth:
13.3
Upper Width:
34.7
Middle Width:
25
Bottom Width:
41
Information
Source:
TGM visit 5/09; PT visits
Literature:
Caldwell 2012, pp. 66-69; Caldwell 1974, pp. 62-3
Photographs:
Caldwell 2012, pp. 66-69 (FB+S, head FB+S, rosette [color]); Caldwell 1974, pp. 62-3 (FB+S); [by TGM: FB+S, label (color)]; [unpublished, from C. Meints 1/21: F (in 1969, before restoration; color)]
Recordings:
Wenzinger 1982 (Telemann); Meints 1981 (Bach AMB/Kipnis: Nonesuch); Meints 1980 (Bach BWV 1029)
Auctions:
Comments:
Neck by Paul Reichlin, Zurich (with heel and pegbox profusely carved on all facets); previous neck by Hans Müller, Berlin (dated on fingerboard). Table with B+W edging and rosette with 10 petals; 3-piece back; both with 5-ply purfling; fingerboard and tailpiece have narrow inlaid WBW lines inside B+W edging (smaller-scale than table perimeter). No crossbars except soundpost plate; wood linings on perimeter, fold, and center joint of back. Tourin: short neck, high bridge; dimensions (probably taken on back) 72, 34.1/24/40.7, 14, 69. Caldwell 2012 dimensions 71.5, 34.1/23.8/40.2, 13.1, 69.8.