DHV:
294
Tourin ID:
GENEV 14
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Michel
Collichon
Date:
1693
Label Text:
Michel Colichon / aParis 1693 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Geneva
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Musée d’art et d’histoire
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
IM 18
Head:
Pirate
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Fritz Ernst, Geneva, -1969; ... V. Bernardel, Paris, c. 1900?
Measurements:
Body Length:
69.9
String Length:
72
Rib Depth:
12.5
Upper Width:
32.5
Middle Width:
24.5
Bottom Width:
40
Information
Source:
Muthesius 1996, no. 8; PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Mackey 2020; Mackey 2017 (and e-mail 2/17); Muthesius 1996; Kessler 1990, p. 56; Jacquot 1900, p. 107
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+B, 3/4, head 3/4 + side, label [color]); museum checklist (F [color]); Mackey 2020,p. 55 (top block, head side [color]); Mackey 2017, pp. 53-55 (F+B, side 3/4, head F+S [color]); Jacquot 1900, facing p. 8 (front); [unpublished, from MB Winn 3/13: front full length, C-bouts (color)]; [by PT: front 3/4, head 3/4 (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Muthesius 1996, no. 8: shows clear signs of use; head original. Website: body is walnut. Mackey 2017: 5-piece table in the English manner; back and ribs of walnut; bottom block, bass bar, and table linings of cedrela; in unaltered condition, apart from the bridge and some structural repairs. Muthesius dimensions 68.9, 31.9/23.3/39.2, -, - (on back); from e-mail: 69.8, 31.9/23.4/39.3, 12.4, 72.0 (front, perhaps with calipers?).