DHV:
1478
Tourin ID:
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:
Previous Owner:
Auguste Tolbecque
Measurements:
Body Length:
String Length:
Rib Depth:
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
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:
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.