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DHV:
282
Tourin ID:
GENEV 02

Size:

Pardessus

Place Made:

Maker:

F

Paris

Andrea

Castagneri

Date:

1745

Label Text:

Andrea Castagneri nell / Pallazzo di Soessone Pariggi 1745 [printed except 45]

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

CH

Geneva

No. of Strings:

6

Collection:

Musée d’art et d’histoire

Sound Holes:

C

Catalog Number:

IM 02

Head:

Female

Private Owner:

Previous Owner:

Fritz Ernst, Geneva, -1969

Measurements:

Body Length:

32.4

String Length:

32

Rib Depth:

3.7

Upper Width:

15.5

Middle Width:

10.9

Bottom Width:

19.1

Information

Source:

A.-M. Huwyler to TGM 9/24; M. Herzog visit 9/20; PT visit 10/78

Literature:

Photographs:

König 1985, p. 89 (front); from undated museum postcard (front [color]); museum checklist (F [color]); [unpublished, from museum via M. Herzog 9/20: front, side body only, head F+S (color); by M. Herzog 9/20: front 7/8, side body only, head F+B+3/4, bridge (color)]; [by PT: front (color)]

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

La Fille head; thin ribs; neck probably original. M. Herzog dimensions 32.2, 15.3/10.4/19.2, 4.3, 31.4; Huwyler’s back widths 15.2/10.6/19.1.

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