DHV:
46
Tourin ID:
BASEL 4
Size:
Pardessus
Label Text:
Place Made:
F, Paris
Maker:
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1761
Lodovicus / GUERSAN / propè / Comoediam / Gallican / lutetioe / Anno 1761 [printed except 61]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
CH, Basel
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Historisches Museum
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
1956.636
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Otto Lobeck, Appenzell, -1951
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.7
String Length:
31.5- 32.0
Rib Depth:
6.1
Upper Width:
16
Middle Width:
11.2
Bottom Width:
19.4
Information Source:
PT visits 6/77 & 10/78
Literature:
Klaus 1997, p. 50
Photographs:
Klaus 1997, p. 39 (F+B)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs; La Fille head. 2-piece table. Klaus dimensions 32.6, 15.9/10.9/19.4, 5.4, 31.9. Photo: tailpiece has diagonal upper edge with bushed string holes, also inlay along each edge of two narrow diamonds separated by a small circle; double purfling front and back. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side.