Karl Schneider (1905–?)

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Basel, dated 1932

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H. Schmitz-Meinel / Atelier fur Kunstgeigenbau /

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Basel 1932. / Gepaut von K. Schneider (printed, paper, back Inside, 'K. Schneider' and '32' completedwith type-writer)

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conifer (belly); maple, gnarled maple (back, ribs); tropical wood (forepillar harp)

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peg-box open in the back; six laterally inserted pegs in the back with·screw mechanism 13 frets (fingerboard); six stopped strings, twelve unstopped strings

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L. 112 cm, 52,6 cm (belly), 62,5 cm (vibrating stopped strings), 73-91 B cm (vibrating unstopped strings); h. 12-12,8 cm (ribs)

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Donation Elisabeth Eggenberger, Basel

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Inv. 1999.243.

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The father-in-law of the donator, Dr. phil. Heinrich Eggenberger­ Mosimann (1899–1980) played the instrument in joyous company in the teetotaler student fraternity Rhenania.

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The instrument built in Basel in 1932 gave thereby its long­ forgotten predecessors, made between 1798 and 1828 in London, a late revival.

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