DHV:
1662
Tourin ID:
Size:
Quinton
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
J. B. D.
Salomon
Date:
Label Text:
SALOMON / A PARIS (brand)
Body Shape:
Violin
Current Location:
B
Brussels
No. of Strings:
5+6
Collection:
Musée des instruments de musique
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
1358
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Auguste Tolbecque, -1879
Measurements:
Body Length:
String Length:
32.8
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
25
Information
Source:
Mahillon 1900, p. 26
Literature:
Mahillon 1900, p. 26
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+S [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Website: quinton d’amour (Mahillon: violon d’amour); photo shows 11 pegs (5 with large heads [3 pegs treble, 2 bass side], 6 smaller), and strung with no tailpiece; sympathetic strings “attached to a white plate with pins, at the bottom of the ribs”. Arched back; 3 nail holes in top block (now empty). “The instrument may have been assembled, rebuilt or completely constructed by a certain Jean Leclerc, who then signed the instrument inside with a pencil: “Jean nicolas / leclerc”. Partial dimensions (“approx.”) from website.