Viola da Gamba Society of America

1754

Quinton

J. B. D.

Salomon

# of Strings:

5+5

Place Made:

F, Paris

Body Shape:

Violin

Current Location:

B, Brussels

Sound Holes:

F

Collection:

Musée des instruments de musique

Head:

Scroll

Catalog Number:

0481

Label Text:

Salomon luthier à Sainte-Cécile, Place de L’École à Paris 1754

Measurements:

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Previous Owner:

Auguste Tolbecque

Information Source:

Herzog 2003, QT-90; Baines 1966, p. 21

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Comments:

Herzog 2003, QT-90; Baines 1966, p. 21; [presumably also in Mahillon]

On museum’s website (front [color]); Baines 1966, pl. 133

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Baines, also museum’s website: violon d’amour. Photo shows 10 pegs (5 with large heads [3 pegs treble, 2 bass side], 5 smaller), and strung with no tailpiece. Herzog: no tailpiece: all strings attached to plaque at bottom block; also cites Gendron 1997, p. 138.