DHV:
1347
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Antoine
Saint Paul
Date:
1772
Label Text:
[Antonius Saint-Paul, propè Comoediam Gallicam, Lutetiae, anno 1772]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
I
Laveno Monbello
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Christine Payeux, Tours (France), 1989-c. 2000(?); “un professeur de violon de Douai”
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Information
Source:
C. Payeux to TGM, 8/03; photos seen at J. Kraft, 9/02
Literature:
Vidal 1889, chap. 5, s.v. Saint-Paul
Photographs:
[Concert announcement 9/18 online at www.sistemamusica.it/citta-torino/suonare-danzando-con-vittorio-ghielmi/: front (color); ”Settembre Musica” poster online at www.bach-cantatas.com: 3/4 view (color)]; [unpublished, seen at J. Kraft’s but not copied]
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Comments:
Striped back with double purfling; long and wide C-holes. Pegbox has carved back and sides (flower heads now misaligned with pegholes); 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side, with angular edges. Black fingerboard and tailpiece, white hookbar. Set up with only 4 strings when acquired by C. Payeux in 1989. Probably the same mentioned by Vidal 1889: “Nous avons trouvé l’étiquette suivante...dans un pardessus de viole vernis jaune, tête sculptée: Antonius Saint-Paul, propè Comoediam Gallican, Lutetiae, anno 1772. Cela est imprimé dans le cartel de Louis Guersan, dont it fut le successeur.”