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DHV:
1668
Tourin ID:

Size:

Pardessus

Place Made:

Maker:

F

Paris

Benoist

Fleury

Date:

1751

Label Text:

Benoist Fleury rue des Boucheries / Faubourg St. Germain a Paris 1751 [printed except 51]

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

D

Berlin

No. of Strings:

5

Collection:

Private Collection

Sound Holes:

C

Catalog Number:

Head:

Female

Private Owner:

Yes

Previous Owner:

Imke David, Bremen, c. 1990-2014

Measurements:

Body Length:

33.1

String Length:

31.6

Rib Depth:

5.3

Upper Width:

15.5

Middle Width:

10.8

Bottom Width:

19.4

Information

Source:

Owner to TGM, 7/15

Literature:

Photographs:

[Unpublished, from owner 8/16: FB+S, head 3/4 (color); and 7/15: FB+SS, SS body only, head F, label (color)]; Imke David’s online sales ad 8/13 (F, back 3/4, head F 7/8+B [color])

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Table with double purfling, arched back with single purfling. Only bottom block, tailpiece, bridge, fingerboard, and pegs are not original (but original boxwood pegs still exist); neck was narrowed and later widened with new wood. Extensive repaired worm damage to table and ribs. La Fille style decoration on back of pegbox; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side.

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