DHV:
966
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Jean
Ouvrard
Date:
1741
Label Text:
Ouvrard Luthier, Place de l’école à Paris, 1741
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH
Basel
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Fritz Baumgartner Jr., Basel, -196-.
Measurements:
Body Length:
33
String Length:
31.2
Rib Depth:
6.2
Upper Width:
15.8
Middle Width:
11
Bottom Width:
19.3
Information
Source:
JVdGSA 6 (1969), 65; H. Mueller, Methodik des Viola-da-gamba-Spiels (typescript)
Literature:
JVdGSA 6 (1969)-A, 65
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from owner via J. Moran 6/13: FB+S, back body only, head FB+S (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Strung and played by owner as a treble, but smaller than any other French treble with known body length. (Owner to J. Moran, 9/10: admittedly extremely small, but does not sound good in any of the usual pardessus tunings, due to excessive pressure on the table, so musically preferable as a treble.) Double purfling on table and back; La Fille style decoration on pegbox; black pegs, fingerboard, and tailpiece.