DHV:
1548
Tourin ID:
Size:
Quinton
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Mathurin François
Remy
Date:
1755
Label Text:
Remy Rue Ste marge / rite Faubourg St an / toine a Paris 1755 [printed except date]
Body Shape:
Violin
Current Location:
USA
New York, NY
No. of Strings:
5+6
Collection:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
2006.505
Head:
Coolie
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Gerald Trimble, Asheville, NC, 2006; Rodolphe del Croix, Nice (www.musicantic.com)
Measurements:
Body Length:
35.2
String Length:
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
16.9
Middle Width:
12
Bottom Width:
21
Information
Source:
Trimble to TGM (phone), 6/09
Literature:
Museum’s annual report 2006-07 (on website)
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+B [color]); www.musicantic.com (dealer in Nice)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Trimble: brass tuning pins for sympathetic strings located below tailgut button. Museum: Quinton d’amour; label appears to be original. Watchkey tuning of sympathetic strings. Wear marks reveal it has been played under the chin. 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side.