DHV:
222
Tourin ID:
CAS 2
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
Date:
16..
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Boston, MA
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
11
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Used by Louis Hasselmans, c. 1918; previously by Marcel Casadesus
Measurements:
Body Length:
70
String Length:
67.7
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
31
Middle Width:
23
Bottom Width:
37.9
Information
Source:
TGM visit, 6/15; Kuronen data sheet, 1993; PT visit 2/79
Literature:
BSO 1926
Photographs:
AMIS Newsletter 20/1 (1991), p. 6 (front); [by TGM: FB+S, head FB+S, bottom rib, tailpiece, bridge, neck joint (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Kuronen: 5-piece table with double purfling (also on back). According to Casadesus, made by “Juan”, in collection of M. Haed, London; dimensions 69.4, 30.5/21.9/38.1, 13.3, 64.5 Zuchowicz (on data sheet): neck not original but old, probably French 18th C.; fingerboard and tailpiece not original (nor is hookbar, per Tourin also on data sheet). TGM: 7-piece table with high arching; neck barely long enough for 7 frets and grafted to pegbox, which seems post-18C in style; blond pegs with large heads (numbered 1-7 in pencil!). Fingerboard and tailpiece of solid ebony with diagonal ends; unmarked bridge looks very clean and new (as do top and bottom blocks) and placed below middle of C-holes. Multiple cracks and open joints when seen; back widths 30.4/21.9/38.0, rib depth at C-bouts 12.6.