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.