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DHV:
180
Tourin ID:
BRUS 49

Size:

Pardessus

Place Made:

Maker:

F

Paris

Jean

Ouvrard

Date:

1745

Label Text:

Ouvrard, luthier, place de l'Ecole, à Paris, 1745 [printed except 5]

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

B

Brussels

No. of Strings:

-4

Collection:

Musée des instruments de musique

Sound Holes:

C

Catalog Number:

221

Head:

Scroll

Private Owner:

Previous Owner:

François-Joseph Fétis, Brussels

Measurements:

Body Length:

32.5

String Length:

32.5

Rib Depth:

4.5

Upper Width:

Middle Width:

Bottom Width:

20

Information

Source:

PT visits 6/77 & 9/78

Literature:

Herzog 2003, QT-81; Vannes 1999, p. 264; Mahillon 2/1893, 1:320

Photographs:

On museum’s website (F+S [color]); [unpublished, from R. Sutcliffe 4/24: front, head F+S, bottom rib, neck/body joint (color)]

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Mahillon (and museum’s website): quinton; facture médiocre; neck not original; May originally have had 6 strings, like 2 others from same year. Website: final digit of date may be 3 or 8 instead of 5; string length “approx. 33.3 cm”.

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