Objekt 22
Six-course lute
Object description
Gregor Ferdinand Wenger (before 1680–1767)
Augsburg, dated 1752
Gregori Ferdinand Wenger/ Lauten - und Geigen-Macher / Fecit Augustae. 1752 (paper, body inside)
Spruce (belly); maple (shell, nine ribs)
Peg-box Inclined backwards, open in the back; eleven laterally inserted pegs seven frets (fingerboard); five double courses and one simple course
L. 84 cm, 50 cm (belly), 73,5 cm (vibrating strings)
Purchase (from the collection of the Konzertmeister A Bargheer, Basel)
Inv. 1882.12.