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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On museum’s website (front [color]); museum checklist (F [color]); König 1985, p. 89 (front); [unpublished, from J. Deferne 6/10: front, head back (color)]; [by PT: front (color)]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.

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