DHV:
1541
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Mirecourt
Jean
Colin
Date:
1761 ?
Label Text:
I Colin [stamped on both table and back]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Geneva
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Fondation La Ménestrandie
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
M.022.07
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Hélène Teysseire-Vuilleumier, Geneva, -1986
Measurements:
Body Length:
33
String Length:
30
Rib Depth:
5.1
Upper Width:
15.2
Middle Width:
10.7
Bottom Width:
18.4
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:
Arched back with maker’s stamp (?) at top. 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side; tailgut. Worm damage to the table. Foundation calls it a quinton; catalogue gives date of 1761, but J. Deferne says no date apparent on instrument.