DHV:
71
Tourin ID:
BERA 11

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Pardessus

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# of Strings:

5? (now 4)

Place Made:

F,

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

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Sound Holes:

C

Collection:

BERLIN A11

Head:

Lion

Catalog Number:

2463

Label Text:

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Measurements:

String Length:

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Total Length:

57

Body Length:

33

Upper Width:

15.8

Rib Depth:

4.3

Middle Width:

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Bottom Width:

19.8

Previous Owner:

C.C. Snoeck, Ghent

Information Source:

Sachs 1922, col. 116

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Comments:

Sachs 1922, col. 116; Snoeck 1894, p. 98

Snoeck 1894, facing p. 104 (front)

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Snoeck: pardessus (also “violetta piccola”), converted to violin by Nezot, a French 18th-C luthier. Back with double purfling, plus ornaments; “Brescian school”. Sachs: Diskantviola, zur Violine umgearbeitet; traces of gilding on lion’s head. Probably originally had 5 strings. Lost since World War II.