DHV:
1110
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1751
Label Text:
Ludovicus / Guersan / propè / Comoediam / Gallicam / Lutetioe / Anno / 1751 [printed except 51]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Philadelphia, PA
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
American Society of Ancient Instruments
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Stad family, Philadelphia, PA
Measurements:
Body Length:
33
String Length:
31.2
Rib Depth:
5.4
Upper Width:
16.3
Middle Width:
11.4
Bottom Width:
20.2
Information
Source:
TGM visit 8/94
Literature:
Photographs:
[By TGM: FB+S, head front]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs; double purfling; La Fille head (very curly hair). Neck probably original: no grafts, flat profile. Pegbox has perimeter stamping on back and sides, but not clear imprints of usual triple circles. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side; pegs small but crudely worked, pips missing, perhaps not original. Has had frets, but not now. Handwritten in ink at bottom of treble blond back stripe: Rep. by / Janos Bodor / 1971.