DHV:
187
Tourin ID:
BRUS 56

Size:

Pardessus

Label Text:

Place Made:

F, Paris

Maker:

Louis

Guersan

Date:

1754

Ludovicus Guersan propé Comoediam Gallicam, Lutetiae, anno 1754

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

B, Brussels

Sound Holes:

C

Collection:

Musée des instruments de musique

No. of Strings:

5

Catalog Number:

0480

Head:

Head

Previous Owner:

Auguste Tolbecque, Paris

Measurements:

Body Length:

​

String Length:

30.5

Rib Depth:

5

Upper Width:

​

Middle Width:

​

Bottom Width:

19.5

Information Source:

Mahillon 2/1893, 1:466; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78

Literature:

Photographs:

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Herzog 2003, QT-55; Gendron 1997, p. 138 [not seen]; Mahillon 2/1893, 1:466

On museum’s website (front [color]); Baines 1966, pl. 121-2 (F+B)

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Striped back. 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side. Mahillon (and museum’s website): quinton. Baines 1966: body length 33.