DHV:
1046
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Label Text:
Place Made:
F, Paris
Maker:
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1754
Ludovicus / Guersan / prope / Comoediam / Gallicam / Lutetioe / Anno / 1754 [printed except 54]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA, Cincinnati, OH
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Private collection
No. of Strings:
5
Catalog Number:
Head:
Head
Previous Owner:
Carolyn Surrick, Annapolis, MD, c. 1982-200?; Larry Needham, Santa Cruz, CA, -c. 1982
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.4
String Length:
31.5
Rib Depth:
4.8
Upper Width:
15.9
Middle Width:
11.2
Bottom Width:
19.4
Information Source:
TGM visit 4/95
Literature:
Photographs:
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
[By TGM: FB+S; head F+B]; [unpublished, taken at Smithsonian 4/95: FB+S]
Pappano 2017 (Fêtes Galantes: Vivaldi, Jobert); Pappano 2014 (Boismortier)
Striped back (DLDLD) & ribs (LDL), yew & maple. Elaborately carved head. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. C holes recut wider. New neck, fingerboard, tailpiece, and bridge by W. L. Monical, 1994 (seen open and unnecked at his shop 8/92); original neck had been narrowed for use as a violin. End button, but flush strip may be remains of hookbar.