DHV:
1478
Tourin ID:
Size:
Quinton
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
J. B. D.
Salomon
Date:
1754
Label Text:
Salomon luthier à Sainte-Cécile, Place de L’École à Paris 1754; stamped on heel SALOMON A PARIS
Body Shape:
Violin
Current Location:
B
Brussels
No. of Strings:
5+5
Collection:
Musée des instruments de musique
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
0481
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Auguste Tolbecque, -1879
Measurements:
Body Length:
String Length:
32.5
Rib Depth:
3.3
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
20.8
Information
Source:
Herzog 2003, QT-90; Baines 1966, p. 21
Literature:
Herzog 2003, QT-90; Baines 1966, p. 21; Mahillon 1893, I:337
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+S, head back [color]; front); Baines 1966, pl. 133
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Museum’s website: quinton d’amour (Mahillon and Baines: violon d’amour). Photo shows 10 pegs (5 with large heads [3 pegs treble, 2 bass side], 5 smaller), and strung with no tailpiece. Herzog: all strings attached to plaque at bottom block; also cites Gendron 1997, p. 138. Partial dimensions from website, “approx.”