DHV:
744
Tourin ID:
RCM 1
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1759
Label Text:
Ludovicus / Guersan / propè / Commoediam / Gallicam / Lutetiae / Anno / 1759 [printed except 59]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
London
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Royal College of Music
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
RCM0149
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Sir George Donaldson, -1894
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.8
String Length:
31.5
Rib Depth:
4.8
Upper Width:
16
Middle Width:
11.4
Bottom Width:
19.5
Information
Source:
Wells & Nobbs 2007, pp. 142-43; TGM visit 10/01; PT visit 9/78
Literature:
Wells & Nobbs 2007, pp. 142-43; Mullen 2006, p. 25; Coates 1985, pp. 52-54
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+B); Wells & Nobbs 2007, pp. 142-43 (front, back 7/8, head F+B 3/4)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs (maple and fruitwood); 2-piece table; front and back with double purfling. Pegbox has relief carving of foliage on back and sides, with V’s on front edges; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Bridge placed below middle of C-holes. No linings between back and ribs (though cloth reinforcements for joints on both), and no crossbars except soundpost plate. Very good condition, probably playable (currently has nylon frets). Wells & Nobbs 2007: “There are clear traces of earlier frets for a longer string length and faint traces of bridge feet at a position c. 4.5 mm nearer to the tail”; dimensions: 32.7, 16.0/11.2/19.6, 4.9, 31.5.