DHV:
826
Tourin ID:
STOCK 25
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Leipzig
Johann Christian
Hoffmann
Date:
1726
Label Text:
[Joh.] Christian Hoffmann, / [König.] Hof und Churf. / Instrument / [und La]ut[en] / macher in Leipzig 1726. [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
S
Stockholm
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Swedish Museum of Performing Arts
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
M2646 [formerly 21:1957/8]
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Gustaf Bengtsson, Linköping, -1958
Measurements:
Body Length:
68.2
String Length:
64.5
Rib Depth:
12.8
Upper Width:
31.1
Middle Width:
22.7
Bottom Width:
38.8
Information
Source:
Martius 2015, pp. 350-51; museum website; museum to TGM, 4/04; PT visit 10/78 [not seen]
Literature:
Martius 2015, pp. 350-51
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front); Martius 2015, pp. 350-51 (F+B, back body only, neck heel B+S, label [color]; [unpublished, from museum, 4/04: FB+S]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Martius JCH 11. Converted to a cello (probably in 1818), with new neck, pegbox, and scroll but short fingerboard; parts of original neck foot (from through-neck construction) remain. Original, short, integral bass bar, small corner blocks. Unstrung in photos. Repair label: “Reparerad 1818 / af C-E Ringqvist / i Sundsvall”. String length 62.0-64.5.