DHV:
934
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Michel
Collichon
Date:
1683
Label Text:
Michel Collichon / A Paris 1683 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.980.2.667
Head:
Cherub
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Geneviève Thibault, Comtesse de Chambure, -1979
Measurements:
Body Length:
66.8
String Length:
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
31.1
Middle Width:
23.4
Bottom Width:
38.4
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; Muthesius 1996, no. 1; Gétreau 1996, p. 740; Kessler 1990, p. 55
Literature:
Mackey 2020; Mackey 2013; Mackey 2012; Muthesius 1996; Gétreau 1996, p. 740; Kessler 1990, p. 55
Photographs:
On museum’s website (on display with table removed [color]); Mackey 2020, pp. 51-52, 55-57 (label, top block, neck heel, head 3/4, underside of table, soundpost plate, bottom block, cleats inside back fold [color]); Mackey 2013, pp. 440-45 (F+B body only, underside of table, head 3/4, label, 5 interior details [color]); Mackey 2012, pp. 87-96 (same as 2013 except not color); Muthesius 1996, pp. 45-46 (head side, body with table removed, underside of table, top block)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Muthesius 1996, no. 1: body of mahogany; 5-piece table, 1-piece back. All original except bridge, soundpost, pegs, and tailpiece—largely due to old and irreparable damage to table. Integral neck and top block. Position of plate indicates soundpost and bridge positioned near bottom of C’s; no other interior barring. Sharply angled bass bar. On display 8/02: top off, neck unattached to pegbox and top block. C holes very wide. Museum’s dimensions 66.7, 30.8/22.8/38.1, -, - (widths taken on back); website gives label as “Michel Collichon rue de la Harpe,” disproven by Muthesius’s photo. Mackey 2012: “mahogany” is really Cedrela odorata, or Spanish cedar.