DHV:
1353
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Simon
Bongard
Date:
1655
Label Text:
Simon Bongard / a Paris 1655
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Head
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Danièle Alpers, before 1986-2023; Cellist in the south of France, c. 1977; Count Eugène de Bricqueville, Versailles (late 19th C.)
Measurements:
Body Length:
67
String Length:
69.2
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
31.5
Middle Width:
23
Bottom Width:
38.8
Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 12/02
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from J. Kraft 9/17: B+S body only, bottom rib, also label 4/23 (color); from owner, 9/10: front, front center bouts only, head front (color)]; from J. Dunford: front 3/4; from C. Meints 1/21: F+S, body only, pre-1986 (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
When acquired by previous owner, had non-original neck, short and narrow, with 6-string pegbox; new 7-string neck by Judith Kraft, 1986. 2-piece table and back, both with single purfling; lower bout of back has wings. Carved head has blue eyes in glass paste. Lütgendorff 1922, Grillet 1901, and Pierre 1893 all reference a 6-string bass viol by Simon Bongars dated 1655, probably this instrument. Similar in appearance to a double bass by “Simon Bongard” dated 1663 at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers: BL 105 cm per Greenberg 2003, now with 4 strings, photos at https://phototheque.arts-et-metiers.net/?idPageWeb=95.