DHV:
1539
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1761
Label Text:
Ludovicus / Guersan / prope /Comoediam / Gallicam / Lutetiae / Anno 1761 [printed except 61]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Geneva
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Fondation La Ménestrandie
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
M.022.05
Head:
Head
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Hélène Teysseire-Vuilleumier, Geneva, -1986
Measurements:
Body Length:
33.5
String Length:
31.5
Rib Depth:
5.6
Upper Width:
16.4
Middle Width:
11.5
Bottom Width:
20.1
Information
Source:
La Ménestrandie: online catalogue and Jacques Deferne to TGM, 2/10
Literature:
www.menestrandie.ch/inventaire.html (in 2010, but no longer available in 2020)
Photographs:
La Ménestrandie: online catalogue (F+B [color]); from J. Deferne (pegbox, back [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back (and presumably ribs also); double purfling. Back of pegbox has carved vine; M.022.03 said to be identical. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side.