DHV:
806
Tourin ID:
STOCK 05
Size:
Pardessus
Label Text:
Place Made:
F, Paris
Maker:
François
Gavinies
Date:
Gavinies [stamped on back; N is upside-down]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
S, Stockholm
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Swedish Museum of Performing Arts
No. of Strings:
5
Catalog Number:
M475
Head:
Female
Previous Owner:
[purchased 1912, ? in Stockholm]
Measurements:
Body Length:
33.4
String Length:
31.5
Rib Depth:
5.3
Upper Width:
16.6
Middle Width:
12
Bottom Width:
20.3
Information Source:
Museum website; museum to TGM, 4/04; PT visit 10/78 [not seen]
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Comments:
Museum to TGM, 4/04 (unpublished restoration report by Günther Hellwig)
On museum’s website (front); [unpublished, from museum, 4/04 (FB+S, head side 3/4)]
Squarish shoulders; 1-piece back; carved back of pegbox; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Restored in 1953 by Günther Hellwig (dimensions from his report: 33.5, 16.6/11.6/20.3, -, 31.5; SL = sum of neck and table mensur, should be slightly longer). Lower ribs had previously been cut down for playing on arm, otherwise in completely original condition. New hookbar, bridge, and soundpost.