DHV:
203
Tourin ID:
CALD 03
Size:
Quinton
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1760 C
Label Text:
Ludovicus Guersan Prope Comoediam Gallicam Lutetiae Anno 17--
Body Shape:
Violin
Current Location:
USA
Cleveland, OH
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
F
Catalog Number:
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Catharina Meints Caldwell, Oberlin, OH, 1970-2023; Alain Vian, Paris, -1970
Measurements:
Body Length:
34.2
String Length:
31.9
Rib Depth:
3.3
Upper Width:
16.2
Middle Width:
11.2
Bottom Width:
20.6
Information
Source:
TGM visit 6/92
Literature:
Caldwell 2012, pp. 100-03; Herzog 2003, QT-52; Caldwell 1974, pp. 64-5
Photographs:
Caldwell 2012, pp. 100-103 (FB+S, head FB+S, treble F-hole [color]); McDonald 1977 (French Baroque), p. 3 (B+S); Caldwell 1974, pp. 64-5 (FB+S); [by TGM: 7/92 F+S; 5/09 label (partial, color)]
Recordings:
McDonald 1979 (Marais); McDonald 1977 (French Baroque)
Auctions:
Comments:
All original except bridge and soundpost; neck slightly narrowed; never opened. Scroll probably by La Fille. Flush, inlaid ivory “frets”: fingers go between, not on them. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Tourin/JVdGSA dimensions: 62.3, 34.0, 16.2/11.1/20.6, 4.0, 32.1. Caldwell 2012 dimensions: 34.2, 16.0/10.5/20.4, 3.3, 32.0.