DHV:
806
Tourin ID:
STOCK 05
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
François
Gavinies
Date:
Label Text:
Gavinies [stamped on back; N is upside-down]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
S
Stockholm
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Swedish Museum of Performing Arts
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
M475
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
[purchased 1912, ? in Stockholm]
Measurements:
Body Length:
33.4
String Length:
31.5
Rib Depth:
5.3
Upper Width:
16.6
Middle Width:
12
Bottom Width:
20.3
Information
Source:
Museum website; museum to TGM, 4/04; PT visit 10/78 [not seen]
Literature:
Museum to TGM, 4/04 (unpublished restoration report by Günther Hellwig)
Photographs:
On museum’s website (front); [unpublished, from museum, 4/04: FB+S, head side 3/4]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Squarish shoulders; 1-piece back; carved back of pegbox; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Restored in 1953 by Günther Hellwig (dimensions from his report: 33.5, 16.6/11.6/20.3, -, 31.5; SL = sum of neck and table mensur, should be slightly longer). Lower ribs had previously been cut down for playing on arm, otherwise in completely original condition. New hookbar, bridge, and soundpost.