DHV:
1196
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Verdun
Nicolas
Desrousseaux
Date:
1762
Label Text:
NI / DESROUSEAUX / LUTIE / A VERDUN / 1762 [printed except 1762; last digit might be a 3]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.979.2.48
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Geneviève Thibault, Comtesse de Chambure, -1979
Measurements:
Body Length:
33.7
String Length:
32.1
Rib Depth:
3.5
Upper Width:
16.6
Middle Width:
12.1
Bottom Width:
19.9
Information
Source:
TGM visit 8/11; museum’s website; Gétreau 1996, p. 727
Literature:
Gétreau 1996, p. 727
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side; front 7/8, head side [color]); [by TGM: head B+S, label (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Museum lists as quinton. 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side. On display 8/02: shallow ribs, arched back, and tailgut (no frets); really a hybrid. Visit 8/11: 1-piece table, 2-piece back, both with inked purfling and clear fluting at edges, which overhang the ribs. Neck set straight to body, with wedged fingerboard; integral with pegbox and head, so all probably original; head has raised loop of hair. String length reflects bridge placement 2/3 down soundholes. No back bars at all, and no frets (or marks on neck from former frets).