DHV:
78
Tourin ID:
BERA 18
1748
Pardessus
René
Champion
# of Strings:
5
Place Made:
F, Paris
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
Sound Holes:
C
Collection:
BERLIN A18
Head:
Female
Catalog Number:
2470
Label Text:
Renée Champion de S. Julien, rue des vielles Odriettes, / au coin de l’Echelle du Temple, à Paris 1748 [printed]
Measurements:
String Length:
Total Length:
58.5
Body Length:
32.5
Upper Width:
15
Rib Depth:
4.5
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
19.5
Previous Owner:
C.C. Snoeck, Ghent; Edmond de Coussemaker (-1876)
Information Source:
Sachs 1922, col. 116
Literature:
Photographs:
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Sachs 1922, col. 116; Snoeck 1894, p. 99; Coussemaker 1877, p. 202
Snoeck 1894, facing p. 100 (front)
Arched back. 10 bone frets. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Sachs: quinton. Snoeck: revarnished. Published catalogue of Coussemaker’s library and instrument collection quotes label and notes that “La touche porte dix divisions,” confirming this was his. Lost since World War II.