DHV:
1522
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Romain
Chéron
Date:
170
Label Text:
Romain Cheron, / Porte Baudoyer, / a Paris 170.
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Cherub
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
[a violin maker in Tours, some time in 1990s]
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.2
String Length:
33
Rib Depth:
8.4
Upper Width:
16.3
Middle Width:
11.2
Bottom Width:
19
Information
Source:
TGM visit 9/09
Literature:
Photographs:
[By TGM: FB+S, head F+S, label (partial) (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Restored by John Topham c. 2007 from a viola conversion: rib depth doubled, replacement rose, new neck, pegbox, fingerboard, tailpiece, etc.; carved head may be original. 6-string set-up is hypothetical but likely, based on the early date. Double purfling on table, none on back, whose flame pattern is markedly chevron-shaped, descending from the center joint.