DHV:
693
Tourin ID:
PARIS 02
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1751
Label Text:
Ludovicus / GUERSAN / prope / Commoediam / Gallicam / Lutetiae / Anno / 1751
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.0066 (formerly C.142)
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Louis Clapisson, Paris, -1861
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.8
String Length:
32
Rib Depth:
5.4
Upper Width:
16.1
Middle Width:
11.4
Bottom Width:
19.6
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; F. Lindeman to TGM, 11/02; P. Jacquier to Tourin, 9/79; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Gétreau 1996, p. 643; Chouquet 1884, p. 32
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs. Double purfling on front and back. Jacquier: “vrai” pardessus. Played in concerts at the museum on 26 June 1943 (by Ancel Guyonnet) and 26 October 1946 (by Sonia Lovis): see Gétreau 1996, pp. 558-61. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Museum’s dimensions: 32.0, 11.5/-/19.0, 5.5, -. Website: “quinton de viole”, formerly pardessus.