DHV:
1081
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Mirecourt
Nicolas
Chappuy
Date:
Label Text:
N. CHAPPUY [stamped at top of back]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Annapolis, MD
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Tony Bingham, London; [a violinist]; Cécile Dolmetsch, Haslemere, England -1981
Measurements:
Body Length:
33
String Length:
30.3
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
15.7
Middle Width:
11
Bottom Width:
18.3
Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 6/97
Literature:
Photographs:
Green 1994, p. 106 (F+S); [unpublished, from C. Meints 1/21: FB+SS]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Arched back. Undated; probably early (R. Green). 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side (painted black). Bridge by Andrew Dipper: he may have done restoration work post-Dolmetsch, pre-Green.