DHV:
1524
Tourin ID:
17..
Bass
François ?
Lupot
# of Strings:
7
Place Made:
F,
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F, Paris
Sound Holes:
Flame
Collection:
Private collection
Head:
Open scroll
Catalog Number:
Label Text:
[ ]. LUPOT stamped on button (first initial illegible: could be F or N]
Measurements:
Body Length:
67.2
String Length:
67.5
Rib Depth:
11.7
Upper Width:
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
31.8
23.5
40.1
Previous Owner:
Jean Lamy (Parisian cellist and pioneer gambist)
Information Source:
TGM visit 9/09
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Comments:
[By TGM: FB+S, head side, stamped name (color)]
Back is arched and strongly flamed; table highly arched, with fine to wide grain; both have single purfling and clear recurve. Soundholes have small circles along inner edges. Pegbox has fluted back, with 4 pegs on the treble side, 3 on the bass; neck a hybrid of viol and cello designs; solid ebony fingerboard and tailpiece, the latter quite short and with end near bridge cut on a strong diagonal; tailgut. Bridge marked Léon Bernardel: high, with unused lower shelf for possible sympathetic strings.