DHV:
935
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Michel
Collichon
Date:
1688
Label Text:
Michel Colichon / A Paris 1688 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
I
Laveno Monbello
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Male?
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.4
String Length:
Rib Depth:
12.6
Upper Width:
31
Middle Width:
22.5
Bottom Width:
37.3
Information
Source:
Muthesius 1996, no. 3; Kessler 1990, p. 55
Literature:
Mackey 2020; Muthesius 1996; Kessler 1990, p. 55
Photographs:
Muthesius 1996, p. 48 (interior); [on owner’s website (front); 2014 online concert announcement (3/4, color)]
Recordings:
Ghielmi 2014 (Forqueray); Ghielmi 2012 (Barbarian Beauty); Ghielmi 2009 (Marais); Ghielmi 2008 (CPE Bach); Ghielmi 2006 (Graun/Accent); Ghielmi 2005 (Graun/CPO); Ghielmi 2005a (”Duo”: German); Ghielmi 1998 (Graun/Astrée); Ghielmi 1998a (Bach)
Auctions:
Comments:
Muthesius 1996, no. 3: Body of mahogany: 5-piece table, 1-piece back. Neck and head not original (converted to a cello in 18th C., then reconverted). New neck in 1994, modeled on nos. 1 and 2. Mackey 2012: “mahogany” is really Cedrela odorata, or Spanish cedar.