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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.

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