DHV:
1353
Tourin ID:
Size:
Bass
Label Text:
Place Made:
F,
Maker:
Date:
Simon Bongars, à Paris 1632
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F,
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Private collection
No. of Strings:
7
Catalog Number:
Head:
Head
Previous Owner:
[Cellist in the south of France, c. 1977]
Measurements:
Body Length:
67
String Length:
69.2
Rib Depth:
13
Upper Width:
31.5
Middle Width:
23
Bottom Width:
38.8
Information Source:
Owner to TGM, 12/02
Literature:
Photographs:
[Unpublished, from owner, 9/10: front, front center bouts only, head front (color)]; [unpublished, from J. Dunford: front 3/4]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Label probably fake. When acquired, had non-original neck, short and narrow, with 6-string pegbox; new 7-string neck by Judith Kraft, 1986. 2-piece table and back, both with single purfling; lower bout of back has wings. Carved head has blue eyes in glass paste.