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DHV:
708
Tourin ID:
PARIS 18

Size:

Treble ?

Place Made:

Maker:

I

Genoa

Martino

Heel

Date:

1706

Label Text:

Martino Heel in Genova 1706

Body Shape:

Festoon

Current Location:

F

Paris

No. of Strings:

6

Collection:

Musée de la musique

Sound Holes:

Flame

Catalog Number:

E.0790 (formerly C.152)

Head:

Dog

Private Owner:

Previous Owner:

M. Raymaud, -1879; Collection Berton

Measurements:

Body Length:

39

String Length:

35

Rib Depth:

4

Upper Width:

18

Middle Width:

12.5

Bottom Width:

Information

Source:

Museum’s website; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78

Literature:

Gétreau 1996, p. 669; Chouquet 1884, p. 33

Photographs:

On museum’s website (FB+S, head side)

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Table and 1-piece back with double purfling; rosette. Repaired in 1943 by Français. Played in concerts at the museum on 26 June 1943 (by Serge Collot) and 26 October 1946 (by Micheline Lemoine): see Gétreau 1996, pp. 558-61. [Photocopy of museum file from M. Herzog: arched back, no fold; thin ribs, short neck; upper corners only, with dimples in lower bouts]

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