DHV:
184
Tourin ID:
BRUS 53

1687

Bass

Nicolas

Bertrand

# of Strings:

7

Place Made:

F, Paris

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

B, Brussels

Sound Holes:

C

Collection:

Musée des instruments de musique

Head:

Female

Catalog Number:

0227

Label Text:

Nicolas Bertrand / A Paris 1687 [handwritten]

Measurements:

String Length:

66

Total Length:

118

Body Length:

64

Upper Width:

30.5

Rib Depth:

13.8

Middle Width:

22.8

Bottom Width:

38

Previous Owner:

François-Joseph Fétis, Brussels

Information Source:

PT visits 6/77 & 9/78

Literature:

Photographs:

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Raspé 1972, p. 217; Mahillon 2/1893, 1:322

On museum’s website (front [color]); [by TGM 6/88, on display: front, front 3/4, head]; [unpublished, in Heale Archive, from museum: FB+S]

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Raspé 1972 dimensions 117.8, 63.8, 30.6/22.6/38.1, 13.2. Tourin: single purfling on table, none on back; narrow main brace, not beveled; no corner blocks or liners, just linen. Mahillon: facture très ordinaire. Drawings by François Bodart available from museum.