DHV:
184
Tourin ID:
BRUS 53
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Nicolas
Bertrand
Date:
1687
Label Text:
Nicolas Bertrand / A Paris 1687 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
B
Brussels
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Musée des instruments de musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
0227
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
François-Joseph Fétis, Brussels
Measurements:
Body Length:
64
String Length:
66
Rib Depth:
13.8
Upper Width:
30.5
Middle Width:
22.8
Bottom Width:
38
Information
Source:
PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Raspé 1972, p. 217; Mahillon 2/1893, 1:322
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+S [color]; front); [by TGM 6/88, on display: front, front 3/4, head (color)]; [unpublished, in Heale Archive, from museum: FB+S]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Raspé 1972 dimensions 117.8, 63.8, 30.6/22.6/38.1, 13.2. Tourin: single purfling on table, none on back; narrow main brace, not beveled; no corner blocks or liners, just linen. Mahillon: facture très ordinaire. Drawings by François Bodart available from museum.