Object Description

Karl Schneider (1905–?)Basel, dated 1932H. Schmitz-Meinel / Atelier fur Kunstgeigenbau /Basel 1932. / Gepaut von K. Schneider (printed, paper, back Inside, 'K. Schneider' and '32' completedwith type-writer)conifer (belly); maple, gnarled maple (back, ribs); tropical wood (forepillar harp)peg-box open in the back; six laterally inserted pegs in the back with·screw mechanism 13 frets (fingerboard); six stopped strings, twelve unstopped stringsL. 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)Donation Elisabeth Eggenberger, BaselInv. 1999.243.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.The instrument built in Basel in 1932 gave thereby its long­ forgotten predecessors, made between 1798 and 1828 in London, a late revival.