DHV:
1467
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1753
Label Text:
Ludovicus / GUERSAN / prope Comoediam / Gallicam / Lutetioe / Anno / 1753 [printed except 53]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
A
Vienna
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
SAM 374
Head:
Flat finial
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Anton Poller [luthier/dealer], Vienna, -1931
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.8
String Length:
31.3
Rib Depth:
3.7
Upper Width:
15.8
Middle Width:
11.2
Bottom Width:
19.5
Information
Source:
R. Hopfner to TGM, 1/08; [TGM visit 12/06]
Literature:
Photographs:
[By TGM, on display: front 3/4 (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped ribs (both outer stripes cut down for violin conversion) and back; double purfling. Probably originally had 5 strings, like nearly all other Guersans.