DHV:
1222
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Nicolas
Bertrand
Date:
1699
Label Text:
Nicolas Bertrand / a Paris 16 99 [handwritten (calligraphy?)]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
A
Kremsmünster
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Head
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Dealer in Madrid, - 199x; Adolfo Morpurgo, Buenos Aires, -1972
Measurements:
Body Length:
73.8
String Length:
74
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
35
Middle Width:
26
Bottom Width:
43
Information
Source:
F. Pecchia to TGM, 12/20; T. Muthesius to TGM, 1/03; P. Hütmannsberger to TGM, 1994
Literature:
Photographs:
On Duftschmid’s website (front); Duftschmid 1997 (Telemann) (front, bridge to head only); [unpublished, from P. Hütmannsberger: F+B body only, C-hole details (color); from F. Pecchia 12/20, as a baryton (front, front body only [color])
Recordings:
Duftschmid [2006?] (Forqueray); Duftschmid 2005 (Marais); Duftschmid 2004 (Couperin); Duftschmid 1997 (Telemann)
Auctions:
Comments:
Converted into a baryton in 1937 by Alcide Gavatelli (signed on wood inside), rebuilt as a viol in the 1990s; re-restored by Tilman Muthesius in 1998-99. New neck and fittings; body length not original. Owner’s website now gives string length as 72.5.