DHV:
72
Tourin ID:
BERA 12
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Munich
Rudolph
Höss
Date:
1708
Label Text:
Ru[e]dolph Höß, Hof: / Lauttenmacher in Mün- / chen 1708 (?) [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
BERLIN A12
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
0544
Head:
Head
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
39
String Length:
Rib Depth:
4
Upper Width:
19
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
23
Information
Source:
Sachs 1922, col. 115
Literature:
Sachs 1922, col. 115
Photographs:
Sachs 1922, pl. 13 (front); Lütgendorff 1922, 1:181 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Lütgendorff: “Diskant Quinton”. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Sachs: Diskantviola; blindfolded human head (or Cupid?); edge binding instead of purfling; diagonal tailpiece; “Jos. Engleder” branded beneath button (he lived 1815 - c. 1860). Lost since World War II.