DHV:
1345
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Bordeaux
Pierre
Malahar
Date:
1698
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Aix en Provence
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Conservatoire Darius Milhaud
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Léon Savoye, -1924
Measurements:
Body Length:
69
String Length:
71
Rib Depth:
12.8
Upper Width:
33.1
Middle Width:
23.8
Bottom Width:
40
Information
Source:
J. Kraft drawing seen 9/02
Literature:
Vannes 1999, p. 223
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from J. Kraft 10-11/18 + 1/20: F+S, front body, back 3/4 body, head FB+S and 3/4, treble soundhole, upper treble side rib, tailpiece and FB decoration (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
3-piece table with inked purfling and white paint around C-holes; ribs have inked rectangular frames (2 sets each section), and back has 4 concentric but widely spaced outlines of “purfling,” all “engraved and not inlaid” per J. Kraft. Original fingerboard and tailpiece are highly decorated using gold paint and jewels (some now missing), also used on front edge of pegbox and as pips on pegs; neck is painted black and female head in multiple colors. Dimensions from drawing, so not over arching. Per J. Kraft, probably 17th C, made in Bordeaux.