DHV:
514
Tourin ID:
LEIPB 30
Size:
Quinton
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Metz
Simon
Gilbert
Date:
1758
Label Text:
Simon Gilbert, Luthier, Musicien / de la Cathédrale. A Metz 175. [printed]
Body Shape:
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
[ex-Universität Leipzig]
Sound Holes:
Flame
Catalog Number:
788
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Wilhelm Heyer, Leipzig, 1905-26; Paul de Wit, Leipzig, -1905; Georges Samary, -1887?
Measurements:
Body Length:
34
String Length:
Rib Depth:
4
Upper Width:
15
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
19
Information
Source:
Kinsky 1912, 2:445
Literature:
Herzog 2003, QT-95; Schultz 1929, p. 69; Kinsky 1912, 2:445; De Wit 1903, pp. 102-03
Photographs:
On museum’s website (label); Kinsky 1912, 2:623 (label)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
De Wit 1903: “Fünfsaitige Viole”; Kinsky 1912: pardessus. (De Wit date 1758, Kinsky “175.”) Arched back. Replacement neck, pegbox; ivory pegs. Perhaps same as Herzog 2003, QT-95 (ex-coll. Samary), for which she cites Pierre 1893 and Jacquot 1911. Lost since World War II.