DHV:
377
Tourin ID:
HART 2
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Nicolas
Bertrand
Date:
Label Text:
B-----ND [faintly stamped on button]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CDN
Toronto, ON
No. of Strings:
6
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:
31.3
String Length:
30.8
Rib Depth:
7
Upper Width:
15.7
Middle Width:
11.3
Bottom Width:
18.7
Information
Source:
Morton 2010, pp. 42-44; W. Grunsky to G. Lyman 1/64; PT visit (unknown date)
Literature:
Eatock 2010; Morton 2010, pp. 42-44
Photographs:
Corriveau 2016 (front, head F+3/4 [color]); Eatock 2010, p. 64 (head 3/4); Morton 2010, pp. 42-43 (FB+SS, head 3/4); Voix Humaines 2009 (head front, 3/4); [by TGM: in display case 1/07, front 3/4 (color)]
Recordings:
Corriveau 2016 (recital); Voix Humaines 2009 (Purcell)
Auctions:
Comments:
Single purfling on table, 2-piece back with none; overhanging edges. Original neck, somewhat thinned. Restored by Saint George, London 1899. Display sign suggests date c. 1725 (the year of Bertrand’s death). Tourin: “French, or Italian made for French trade?” Morton 2010 (from 1982 appraisal by M. Remenyi): tailpiece is modern; pegbox elaborately carved; (from pre-1982 description by B. Pronger): much worm damage and many repaired cracks, bass bar probably by St. George; dimensions from 1974 appraisal by W. Monical. Tourin dimensions 31.2, 15.7/11.2/18.6, 7.0, 308-31.5.