DHV:
1198
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
D
Mainz
Johann Joseph
Elsler
Date:
1724
Label Text:
Johan Joseph Elsler / fecit _____ 1724 [handwritten]; “I. I .E.” branded on soundpost plate just below label
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.980.2.395
Head:
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Geneviève Thibault, Comtesse de Chambure, -1979
Measurements:
Body Length:
68.5
String Length:
Rib Depth:
12.7
Upper Width:
33.2
Middle Width:
23.6
Bottom Width:
40.5
Information
Source:
TGM visit 9/09; museum’s website; Gétreau 1996, p. 735
Literature:
Gétreau 1996, p. 735
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S); Khazine 2004, p. 7 (front body only); [unpublished, from A. Houssay 9/10: label (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Body only; no neck. Gétreau 1996 and website give maker’s name as “Elster”. Table has high arching and single purfling (hard to see); back has none. Original hookbar replaced by tailgut button. 2 vertical-profile crossbars below soundpost plate (second just above bottom block), and 2 more above. Rib height 13.2 at bottom block. Several cracks in back, and various open joints.