DHV:
1256
Tourin ID:
1715 C
Bass
Nicolas
Bertrand
# of Strings:
7
Place Made:
F, Paris
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F, Paris
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Private collection
Head:
Catalog Number:
Label Text:
[Gasparo da Salo]
Measurements:
String Length:
74
Total Length:
Body Length:
70.5
Upper Width:
33.6
Rib Depth:
13.3
Middle Width:
24.4
Bottom Width:
40.7
Previous Owner:
[lady cellist in Paris]
Information Source:
J. Kraft 9/09; Riché 2005 [also handout for original paper at Limoges 1995]
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Comments:
Riché 2005
Riché 2005, pp. 216-23 (F+B body only, 12 details before and during restoration [color])
Coin 1998 (Graun); Coin 1998a (Marais)
Only body is original (with new bass bar and soundpost plate), plus head; restored by Charles Riché, 1994ff. Dimensions not in his article; taken from Judith Kraft’s copy of his drawing (so not over arching). Various modifications in 19-20th C, but according to owner (in conversation, 9/09) it was never turned into a cello. 2-piece table with low arching and single purfling; 2-piece back cut on the slab, with no purfling; no corner blocks or linings, but parchment on most joints.