DHV:
1723
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Verdun
Nicolas
Desrousseaux
Date:
1733
Label Text:
A Verdun par Nicolas / Desrousseau[x] 1733
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
Oman
Muscat
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Royal Opera House
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Tony Bingham, London, -2008 (?)
Measurements:
Body Length:
String Length:
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
Information
Source:
Museum website
Literature:
Museum website (https://www.rohmuscat.org.om/en/education-outreach/gallery-of-showcases), accessed 7/22
Photographs:
On museum website (front [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Ivory nut and upper edge of tailpiece; 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side, open-back pegbox; total length 64.0 (website description calls it a quinton). Likely the same as DVH 1301, seen at Tony Bingham’s in 2001 (matching pegbox and tailpiece details), though I read its date as 1753.