DHV:
1032
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Metz
Simon
Gilbert
Date:
1730 ?
Label Text:
Simon Gilbert, / Musicien de la Cathédrale / & Facteur d’Instrumens. / A Metz 1730 [printed except last line]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Cambridge, MA
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Harvard University
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
54
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Willi Schmid, Munich, -1934
Measurements:
Body Length:
31.9
String Length:
30.8
Rib Depth:
4.2
Upper Width:
15.4
Middle Width:
10.5
Bottom Width:
19.4
Information
Source:
TGM visit 10/93
Literature:
MacCracken 2017, p. 62; Thompson 1989, p. 9
Photographs:
[Concert program, 193?, in Harvard’s files (front, front 3/4, head side)]; [by TGM: FB+S, head F+B]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Arched back; neck probably original but narrowed; ribs once thinner, then restored? 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Date questionable, because maker born in 1718; perhaps label is spurious.