DHV:
104
Tourin ID:
BERB 03
Size:
Pardessus
Label Text:
Place Made:
F, Paris
Maker:
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1754
Ludovicus / GUERSAN, / propè / Comoediam / Gallican, / Lutetiae / Anno / 1754 [printed except 54]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D, Berlin
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
No. of Strings:
5
Catalog Number:
4520
Head:
Female
Previous Owner:
Fritz Wildhagen, Bielefeld, -1957
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.6
String Length:
31.2
Rib Depth:
4.9
Upper Width:
16.2
Middle Width:
11.1
Bottom Width:
20.1
Information Source:
Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 105
Literature:
Otterstedt 2004, p. 120; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 105
Photographs:
[By TGM, 11/10: F+B, head F+S (with BERB 4) (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs. Head probably by La Fille. Lower neck, fingerboard, tailpiece, bridge, and block are replacements. (Previous neck was too short and narrow.) Pegbox has points interrupting the curve both front and back; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Drawing by Olga Adelmann (1970) available from museum. Otterstedt 2004: dendrochronology gives date of 1739 for for youngest growth ring on table.