DHV:
694
Tourin ID:
PARIS 03
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1760 C
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.0067 (formerly C.143)
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Louis Clapisson, Paris, -1861
Measurements:
Body Length:
32
String Length:
Rib Depth:
5.5
Upper Width:
16
Middle Width:
11
Bottom Width:
19
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; 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:
2-piece back with no purfling (NB, not striped), table with single purfling. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Website gives BL as 62.0 (vs. TL 60.5!); more likely 32.0, or at least between 32-33. (T. Bingham’s 1747 Guersan has same 3 widths but length of 32.9.) Website: “quinton de viole”, formerly pardessus; “attribution incertaine”. Gétreau 1996, p. 462: repaired in 1963 by E. Vatelot.