DHV:
248
Tourin ID:
DRESCH 1
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Mirecourt ?
François
Nicolas
Date:
1757 ?
Label Text:
“François ... 17[?57]” [handwritten]; “F N” in cartouche on back
Body Shape:
Current Location:
CH
Basel
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Firma Walter Hamma, Stuttgart
Measurements:
Body Length:
31.2
String Length:
30.1
Rib Depth:
4.4
Upper Width:
15.3
Middle Width:
10.8
Bottom Width:
18.7
Information
Source:
Owner to TGM, 8/01; also earlier to Tourin
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Comments:
Arched back (2-piece), illegible label. Perhaps originally only 5-string. Fingerboard, tailpiece, pegs, top block new; perhaps also bottom block and linings. Pegbox has small (ca. 2 x 1 cm) window in back beneath top peg, also carved decoration on sides of back and front edges.