DHV:
135
Tourin ID:
BRUS 01
Size:
Treble ?
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Antoine
Médard
Date:
1667
Label Text:
Antoine Médard / A Paris 1667 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
B
Brussels
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Musée des instruments de musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
1393
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
V. & J. Mahillon, Brussels
Measurements:
Body Length:
35.2
String Length:
33.6
Rib Depth:
7.5
Upper Width:
17.2
Middle Width:
12
Bottom Width:
20.5
Information
Source:
Data sheet from museum 5/19; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Awouters 1972, p. 62; Mahillon 1900, 3:38
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+S [color]); Awouters 1972, p. 63 (side)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Mahillon: pardessus or quinton; Awouters: dessus; museum’s website: quinton. Awouters: 1-piece back, short neck, tailgut. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Tourin: original neck; dimensions 39.2 [sic], 17.3/12.0/20.6, 6.7, 31.0-33.6. Mahillon: no bass bar; dimensions 65, -, - / - /21, 7, -.