DHV:
1055
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1762
Label Text:
Ludovicus / Guersan / prope / Comoediam / Gallicam / Lutetioe / Anno / 1762 [printed except 62; might be 69]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Washington, DC
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Smithsonian Institution
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
1994.0036.01
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Arthur Larson, Durham, NC, -1994; Joseph Peknik, New York; found in a pawnshop, mid-1980s
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.7
String Length:
31.7
Rib Depth:
5
Upper Width:
16
Middle Width:
11.4
Bottom Width:
19.5
Information
Source:
TGM visit to L. Larson 1/94
Literature:
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front 3/4, B+S body only [color], front); [unpublished, from museum: FB+S, head 3/4]; [by TGM: FB+S, head FB+S]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs; double purfling. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Repair labels: “Peter Tourin / Tourin Musica / 19 Duxbury, Vermont 84 / Restored” [printed except “Restored”]; “Donald Warnock / Luthier, 1984 / Repairs to surfaces, / retouching, overvarnish” [handwritten]. Possibly the same as Jacquot 1900, no. 95 (which he calls a quinton, but his Fig. 6 proves is a pardessus), then owned by him; but that one is perhaps more likely to be the 1762 sold at Vichy-Enchères in 12/2013.