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Objekt 4

Baroque Lute

Description

The baroque lute was bought in 1941 by Dr. h.c. Paul Sacher for the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

Object description

Hans Hennig Jordan (1905–1979)

Markneukirchen, dated 1934

Diskant-G-Laute /aus dem / Hermann Moeck Verlag zu Celle / erbaut von / Hans Jordan / 1934 (manuscript, p aper, body inside) spruce (soundboard); maple (body, nine ribs); -ebony (fingerboard)

peg-box at a right angle to the neck, open in the back; 19 laterally inserted pegs

twelve frets (eight at the fingerboard, four at th-e soundboard) ; ten courses (nine double courses and one simple course)

L. 715 mm, 485 mm (soundboard); 585 mm (vibrating strings)

Purchase

Inv. 1989.26.

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