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König 1985, p. 89 (front); from undated museum postcard (front [color]); museum checklist (F [color]); [unpublished, from museum via M. Herzog 9/20: front, side body only, head F+S (color); by M. Herzog 9/20: front 7/8, side body only, head F+B+3/4, bridge (color)]; [by PT: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