DHV:
1026
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Jean-Baptiste
Voboam
Date:
1730
Label Text:
Voboam / Paris 1730 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Musée du Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
04606-000
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Augustin Deloche, -1851
Measurements:
Body Length:
70
String Length:
65
Rib Depth:
13.2
Upper Width:
31.5
Middle Width:
23
Bottom Width:
38
Information
Source:
Gétreau to TGM, 1/13; Gétreau 1988, pp. 58, 72
Literature:
Gétreau 1988, pp. 58, 72; (plus she cites Vannes 1972, p. 382; Lütgendorff 1922, p. 540; 1905 Catalogue of CNAM, p. 74; Pierre 1893/1971, p. 67)
Photographs:
From Gétreau, 1/13 (F+B body only, head F+S, label)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Neck, pegbox, all fittings not original (but head is); restored 1942 by Emile Français. Former inv. no. 1606. Photo of label in Jalovec, Encyclopedia of Violin-Makers, 2:342. Gétreau dimensions (unpubl.): 69.8, 31.3/23.0/38.8, 12.6, 65.3 (back widths 30.9/22.2/38.3); 3-piece (?) table with flat arching, edges redone in C-bouts, no purfling now; tailpiece with diagonal top edge and sculpted sides.