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]