DHV:
1546
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1763
Label Text:
Ludovicus / Guersan / prope /Comoediam / Gallicam / Lutetiae / Anno 1763 [printed except 73]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Geneva
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Musée d’art et d’histoire
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
9318
Head:
Coolie
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Martin-Crémieux, 1875 (not Camille Galopin, Geneva, -1908?)
Measurements:
Body Length:
33.2
String Length:
32
Rib Depth:
5.4
Upper Width:
16.1
Middle Width:
11.3
Bottom Width:
20
Information
Source:
J. Deferne to TGM, 2/10
Literature:
Bachmann-Geiser 1985, p. 4
Photographs:
Museum checklist (F [color]); [Unpublished, from J. Deferne 2/10: F+B, head F+S (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back (and presumably also ribs) with outer stripes less dark than center one; double purfling. Floral carving on back of pegbox; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Museum dimensions 35.1, 16.2/11.4/20.0, 4.9, -.