DHV:
661
Tourin ID:
NURN 01
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
I
Date:
15..
Label Text:
Caspar da Salo in Brescia / 1555 [printed except 55]
Body Shape:
Guitar
Current Location:
D
Nuremberg
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
MIR 787
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Sammlung Rück, -1962
Measurements:
Body Length:
64.7
String Length:
65
Rib Depth:
10
Upper Width:
27.5
Middle Width:
19.5
Bottom Width:
32.8
Information
Source:
Martius 1999, p. 51; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Martius 1999, p. 51; Huber 1989, p. 77; van der Meer 3/1982, p. 9
Photographs:
van der Meer 1983, p. 52 (front 7/8); [unpublished, from museum: FB+S, front 7/8]; [www.rimab.ch: FB+S, body open (B+S), head F+S, tailpiece F+B, detached neck, etc. (color), seen 5/13]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Geometrical inlay pattern on back (continuous, top to bottom), which is of fruitwood; ribs are walnut, also fingerboard and tailpiece. Restored in 1964 by F. Hellwig. Per www.rimab.ch dimensions 65.0, 27.5/19.5/32.8, 10.0, 65.0; new neck PB, scroll, pegs, FB+TP; previous ones still at museum; underside of tailpice inscribed “P.M. / 1579”.]