1) 13 course J. C. Hoffmann with over-rider style upper extension
Low pitch
f ’.
String length: 71 cm / 76.9 cm.
Stringing: 2 x 1, 9 x 2 / 2 x 2
Based on the 1730 J. C. Hoffmann, Leipzig, in the Musee Instrumental, Brussels (no. 3188). I have altered the cross-sections of the back to make it somewhat shallower than the original instrument (the depth of the back and the cross-sections of my version are very similar to the 13 course 169... Martin Hoffmann, Nurnberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum MI245).
Back of 11 curly maple ribs with black-dyed poplar spacers. Neck, peg-box and top of bridge are ebony-veneered. Fingerboard, points and edge binding of ebony.
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| with pierced and carved peg-box back panel $ 7700.00 US |
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2) 13 course Widhalm with Buchstetter-style theorboed upper extension
Low pitch f ’.
String length: 73.7 cm / 101 cm.
Stringing: 2 x 1, 6 x 2 / 5 x 2
Based on the theorboed 13 course 1755 Leopold Widhalm, Nurnberg, in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, MIR903. The design of the upper extension is from the Unverdorben/1747 Buchstetter 13 course in the Fenton House, England.
Back of 11 Honduran rosewood ribs with holly spacers. Neck and top of bridge are ebony-veneered. Fingerboard, points and edge binding of ebony. Extension of maple, dyed black. Decorative knot carved around the rose.
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