DHV:
267
Tourin ID:
FRU 1
Size:
Pardessus
Label Text:
Place Made:
F, Bordeaux
Maker:
François
Gavinies
Date:
1728
Gavinies / a bordeaux / 1728
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA, Vermillion, SD
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
National Music Museum
No. of Strings:
6
Catalog Number:
4163
Head:
Scroll
Previous Owner:
Efrim Fruchtman, Memphis, TN, 1955-1987; he purchased in Bordeaux
Measurements:
Body Length:
34.7
String Length:
32.8
Rib Depth:
6.7
Upper Width:
17.4
Middle Width:
12.9
Bottom Width:
20.6
Information Source:
TGM visit 6/95
Literature:
JVdGSA 7 (1970): 116-9
Photographs:
JVdGSA 7 (1970): 117-9 (FB+S)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Neck original but has been narrowed slightly just below the nut. No ears to scroll; rather, circular wooden discs (with ivory in center) glued on side faces. No wooden liners, corner blocks, or back braces, except soundpost plate. JVdGSA dimensions (converted from inches): 63.5, 36.8, 14.6/12.7/20.3, 7.0, 32.4.