DHV:
376
Tourin ID:
HART 1
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1761
Label Text:
Ludovicus Guersan prope comoediam Gallicam lutetiae anno 1761 [presumably printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CDN
Toronto, ON
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Hart House, University of Toronto
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Arts & Letters Club and Hart House, Toronto, 1932-35; Massey Foundation et al., Toronto, 1919-32; W. Howard Head, Vancouver, 1910-1919; idem, London
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.8
String Length:
31.2
Rib Depth:
5.6
Upper Width:
16.1
Middle Width:
11.4
Bottom Width:
19.6
Information
Source:
Morton 2010, pp. 39-41; W. Grunsky to G. Lyman 1/64; PT visit (unknown date)
Literature:
Eatock 2010; Morton 2010, pp. 39-41
Photographs:
Morton 2010, pp. 39-40 (FB+SS, head 3/4); Voix Humaines 2009 (head front); [by TGM: in display case 1/07, front 3/4 (color)]; [unpublished, sent to PT: front]
Recordings:
Voix Humaines 2009 (Purcell) (?)
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs, 2-piece table, double purfling. Head not La Fille type; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Inlaid fingerboard and tailpiece (white on black). Morton 2010 (from 1982 appraisal by M. Remenyi): stripes are maple and fruitwood (pear or cherry); double purfling front and back; pegbox has floral carving and beading; (from pre-1982 description by B. Pronger): fingerboard and tailpiece not original, but neck, pegs, and bass bar are; dimensions from 1974 appraisal by W. Monical. Tourin dimensions 32.8, 16.0/11.4/19.6, 5.6, 31.3.