DHV:
1304
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan ?
Date:
1747
Label Text:
Ludovicus Guersan prope Commoediam / Gallicam Lutetiae Anno 1747 [printed, looking like calligraphy; NB not usual upright format]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
London
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes?
Previous Owner:
Tony Bingham, London (in 2001)
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.9
String Length:
31.9
Rib Depth:
5.7
Upper Width:
16
Middle Width:
11
Bottom Width:
19
Information
Source:
TGM visit 10/01
Literature:
Photographs:
[By TGM: F+B (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
2-piece back (NB, not striped) of dark wood, not flamed, with black (painted?) line along middle, crossing purfling at top and bottom. Single purfling front and back. Scroll barely open, with narrow relief-carved line of chevron-like leaves. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side.