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DHV:
1737
Tourin ID:

Size:

Pardessus

Place Made:

Maker:

F

JAmetz

Joseph

Miraucourt

Date:

1751

Label Text:

a Jametz par Joseph / Miraucourt 1751 [handwritten]

Body Shape:

Violin

Current Location:

USA

Seattle

No. of Strings:

5

Collection:

Private Collection

Sound Holes:

C

Catalog Number:

Head:

Female

Private Owner:

Yes

Previous Owner:

Martin & Susanne Skowroneck (and heirs), Bremen, c. 1970-2023; “an antiquarian”

Measurements:

Body Length:

31

String Length:

31.7

Rib Depth:

5.9

Upper Width:

14

Middle Width:

9.7

Bottom Width:

19

Information

Source:

Owner to TGM, 9/23; online sale ad at https://skowroneck.wordpress.com/skowroneck-harpsichords/ seen 6/22

Literature:

Photographs:

From owner 9/23 (F+B, FB+S body only, head FB+S [color]; label); online (F+B 3/4, head 3/4 and back [color])

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

1-piece back, table with long and narrow C-holes. Open-back pegbox with La Fille-style decoration on edges and 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Neck original, fingerboard ebony, tailpiece only veneered, tailgut (metal). Overhanging edges and pointed body corners, but flat back with fold, and ribs too deep to be a quinton. Restored to playing condition by R. Osenbrunner, with later work by F. Lindeman in 2004. Subsequently on loan to Antoinette Lohmann (violinist), then Josh Cheatham (gambist).

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