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On museum’s website (F+S [color]); [unpublished, from R. Sutcliffe 4/24: front, head F+S, bottom rib, neck/body joint (color)]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