DHV:
921
Tourin ID:
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Size:

Pardessus

Label Text:

Place Made:

F, Paris

Maker:

Louis

Guersan

Date:

1754

Louis Guersan, Paris, 1754 [printed]

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

J, Hamamatsu City

No. of Strings:

5

Collection:

Hamamatsu Museum of Musical Instruments

Sound Holes:

C

Catalog Number:

C-0006R

Head:

Head

Private Owner:

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Previous Owner:

Dorothy & Robert Rosenbaum, Scarsdale, NY, no. 286

Measurements:

Body Length:

32.6

String Length:

30.5

Rib Depth:

5.9

Upper Width:

15.9

Middle Width:

11

Bottom Width:

19.5

Information Source:

Museum to TGM, 6/09; Pollens 1980, p. 23

Literature:

Pollens 1980, p. 23

Photographs:

Uemura 2011 (front [color]); Hamamatsu 1995, p. 16 (side 1/2, from above); Pollens 1980, p. 23 (front); [unpublished, in Heale Archive: FB+S]; [unpublished, from museum 8/09: FB+S (color)]

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Uemura 2011

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Striped back and ribs (maple & yew). 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Label text (from Pollens 1980) unusual if accurate; he also says La Fille head; total length 62.7, width 20.1. Hamamatsu 1995: total length 62.5; date 1751. Rosenbaum Estate inventory (seen at Boston MFA): date 1751.