DHV:
720
Tourin ID:
PARIS 30
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
S
Date:
1720 C
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.2047
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Henri Cesbron, 1916-34; Paul Cesbron, Paris, before 1906 - 1916
Measurements:
Body Length:
68.5
String Length:
Rib Depth:
12
Upper Width:
29
Middle Width:
21.5
Bottom Width:
31.5
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; Gétreau 1996, p. 703; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Gétreau 1996, p. 703
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side; front 7/8, head 3/4 [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Gétreau 1996 gives origin as “Allemagne (?) Italie (?) XVIIIe s”; website says only “Allemagne, 18e”. Tailpiece not original. Repaired for P. Cesbron by the workshop of Jombar (Gétreau 1996, p. 471). W. Monical (to TGM 10/16): Swedish, c. 1720 or later, based on elongated outline with long, highly placed, sloping center bouts, thin table and back edges, single purfling on table and back, and use of figured birch for back and ribs; cf. Rönnegren at Boston MFA and Mothe in Brooklyn. Modern grafted neck with an extraordinary neck-foot; peg-box and carved head in “Paris” style very probably original, possibly of service wood.