DHV:
174
Tourin ID:
BRUS 40
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Romain
Chéron
Date:
1700 C
Label Text:
Romain Chéron / rue St-Antoine / a Paris
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
B
Brussels
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Musée des instruments de musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
1432
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
V & J Mahillon, Brussels
Measurements:
Body Length:
69
String Length:
70.5
Rib Depth:
13.2
Upper Width:
33
Middle Width:
24
Bottom Width:
39.5
Information
Source:
PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Mahillon 1900, 3:53
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+S [color]); Moens 2000, p. 16 (F [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Drawings by Raymond Passauro (et al., 1987) available from museum. Mahillon (and Vannes), and thus Tourin, gave maker’s surname as “Berori”. Double purfling on front and back, with fleurs-de-lys at corners. Museum’s website: date “1694 (incertaine)”; author “Roman Berori, Romain Chéron”.