DHV:
694
Tourin ID:
PARIS 03
Size:
Pardessus
Label Text:
Place Made:
F, Paris
Maker:
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1760 C
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F, Paris
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Musée de la musique
No. of Strings:
5
Catalog Number:
E.0067 (formerly C.143)
Head:
Female
Previous Owner:
Louis Clapisson, Paris, -1861
Measurements:
Body Length:
32
String Length:
Rib Depth:
5.5
Upper Width:
16
Middle Width:
11
Bottom Width:
19
Information Source:
Museum’s website; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Photographs:
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Gétreau 1996, p. 643; Chouquet 1884, p. 32
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side)
Repaired in 1963 by E. Vatelot (Gétreau 1996, p. 462). 2-piece back (NB, not striped) with double purfling. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Website gives BL as 62.0 (vs. TL 60.5!); more likely 32.0, or at least between 32-33. (T. Bingham’s 1747 Guersan has same 3 widths but length of 32.9.) Website: “quinton de viole”, formerly pardessus; “attribution incertaine”.