Objekt 1
Double-bass
Object description
Maker unknown
Mittenwald, 1st half of 18th c.
spruce (belly, two parts); maple (back, two parts , ribs, peg-box) ; dark-brown , irregular varnish
body having the form of a viola da gamba; F-holes; peg-box with lion's head five strings
L. 1322 mm, 808 mm (belly), 739 mm (vibrating strings)
Donation Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basel. Estate Albert Riemeyer, Zurich
Inv. 1957.436