DHV:
1277
Tourin ID:
1712
Treble
Nicolas
Bertrand
# of Strings:
6
Place Made:
F, Paris
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F, Tours
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Private collection
Head:
Male
Catalog Number:
Label Text:
Nicolas Bertrand à Paris, 1712
Measurements:
String Length:
37.3
Total Length:
Body Length:
36.2
Upper Width:
17.6
Rib Depth:
7.2
Middle Width:
12.4
Bottom Width:
21.2
Previous Owner:
Emma Charlier Guénot [great-grandmother of present owner], c. 1910-
Information Source:
Jean-Paul Funck-Brentano (owner’s husband) to TGM, 12/02; J. Kraft drawing seen 9/02
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Comments:
[Unpublished, from J. Kraft 5/13: F+S, head F+S and 3/4, back at an angle, bottom rib and table arching, neck side (color)]
Dimensions from drawing, so not over arching. Has original fingerboard, tailpiece, and nut; 2-piece back. Serious worm damage, especially to pegbox, means it can’t be tuned up. Photos of pegbox (seen but not copied) show plain sides, front edges, and back below hair; man’s head has moustache and perhaps a crown (very unlike Paris museum treble). Repaired/restored by a certain Monsieur Vian for owner’s great-grandmother, and used in her ensemble “Vielle France”.