DHV:
1478
Tourin ID:
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Size:

Quinton

Label Text:

Place Made:

F, Paris

Maker:

J. B. D.

Salomon

Date:

1754

Salomon luthier à Sainte-Cécile, Place de L’École à Paris 1754

Body Shape:

Violin

Current Location:

B, Brussels

No. of Strings:

5+5

Collection:

Musée des instruments de musique

Sound Holes:

F

Catalog Number:

0481

Head:

Scroll

Private Owner:

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Previous Owner:

Auguste Tolbecque

Measurements:

Body Length:

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String Length:

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Rib Depth:

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Upper Width:

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Middle Width:

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Bottom Width:

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Information Source:

Herzog 2003, QT-90; Baines 1966, p. 21

Literature:

Herzog 2003, QT-90; Baines 1966, p. 21; [presumably also in Mahillon]

Photographs:

On museum’s website (front [color]); Baines 1966, pl. 133

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

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Baines, also museum’s website: violon d’amour. Photo shows 10 pegs (5 with large heads [3 pegs treble, 2 bass side], 5 smaller), and strung with no tailpiece. Herzog: no tailpiece: all strings attached to plaque at bottom block; also cites Gendron 1997, p. 138.