DHV:
297
Tourin ID:
GENEV 17
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Nicolas
Bertrand
Date:
1702
Label Text:
Nicolas Bertrand / à Paris 1702
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Geneva
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Musée d’art et d’histoire
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
IM 21
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Fritz Ernst, Geneva, -1969
Measurements:
Body Length:
78
String Length:
75
Rib Depth:
14.3
Upper Width:
36.7
Middle Width:
26.8
Bottom Width:
44.5
Information
Source:
A.-M. Huwyler to TGM 9/24; J. Deferne to TGM, 6/10; PT visit 10/78
Literature:
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front [color]); museum checklist (F [color]); König 1985, p. 89 (front); [unpublished, from J. Deferne 6/10: front, head back (color)]; [by PT: front (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
By far the largest Bertrand bass. Tourin: neck probably not original (graft at pegbox, which is gilded and very wide); dimensions (approximate, done quickly) 78.0, 36.4/27.0/44.0, 15.0, 76.0. J. Deferne’s dimensions: -, 36.2/26.8/44.2, 14.8, 75.0; label text also from him. Huwyler’s back widths 36.0/26.4/44.1.