DHV:
241
Tourin ID:
DOLM 13
1761
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
# of Strings:
5
Place Made:
F, Paris
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB, Haslemere
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
Private collection
Head:
Cherub
Catalog Number:
Label Text:
Ludovicus Guersan propè Comoediam Gallicam Lutetiae anno 1761
Measurements:
String Length:
31.7
Total Length:
Body Length:
32.4
Upper Width:
16
Rib Depth:
5.2
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
19.5
Previous Owner:
Cécile Dolmetsch; Arnold Dolmetsch (owned at least by 1891)
Information Source:
Dolmetsch 1978, p. 74; PT visit 6/77
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Comments:
König 1985, pp. 108, 110-11; Dolmetsch 1978, p. 74; Dolmetsch 1966, p. 58; Hipkins 1891, p. 746
Chelys 27 (1999), p. iv; König 1985, pp. 110-11 (F+B 7/8, head FB+S); Dolmetsch 1978, p. 75? (front 3/4); Dolmetsch 1966, p. 58; Danks 1958, p. 111 (front); Dolmetsch 1904, pp. 135-36 (front 7/8, head back) [“1760”]
Striped back and ribs; double purfling on table; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Neck, fingerboard, and tailpiece original. Elaborate carving on back and sides of pegbox. [Dolmetsch 1978 gives date as 1762, but says “property of Cécile Dolmetsch”, while her Guersan is elsewhere stated to be dated 1761: probably the same.] Said to be identical to DOLM 14 except for date. Hayes 1930, p. 5, is identified as a treble by Feyzeau (1753), but actually shows this instrument (front view), then also owned by Arnold Dolmetsch.