DHV:
1192
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Label Text:
Place Made:
F, ?
Maker:
Date:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA, Provo, UT
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Brigham Young University
No. of Strings:
6
Catalog Number:
920024700 (formerly 0117)
Head:
Female
Previous Owner:
Lotta van Buren, -1955; Brownsea Castle Collection, -1927
Measurements:
Body Length:
33
String Length:
30.5
Rib Depth:
6.3
Upper Width:
15.2
Middle Width:
11.4
Bottom Width:
19
Information Source:
H. Powley to TGM, 1995 + 2008; Loveless 1956, pp. 10, 12
Literature:
Photographs:
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Loveless 1956, pp. 10, 12
[Unpublished, from H. Powley 1/08: front, F+B 7/8 body only, head F+B 7/8, etc. (color)]; Loveless 1956, pl. 1 (front), fig. 1 (tailpiece)
Loveless 1956: treble, “purchased from the Brownsea Castle collection by Mr. Van der Straeten for Miss Van Buren”; letter from him to her states it’s 18th-C. French. Tailpiece has scalloped upper end and crown carved in middle; pegs are ivory. Dimensions taken on back, in inches. Handwritten comments on database printout provided by H. Powley (1995): New oversized ivory pegs, new tailpiece. Head typical of 18C. Neck has been narrowed; many patches and repairs to body. From photos: as of 2003, tailpiece is plain; ivory pegs have teardrop-shaped heads; fingerboard no longer wide enough to play on top or bottom strings, except beyond the neck heel where it remains unaltered.