DHV:
79
Tourin ID:
BERA 19, [KENS 4]

1752

Pardessus

Louis

Guersan

# of Strings:

5

Place Made:

F, Paris

Body Shape:

Viol

Current Location:

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Sound Holes:

C

Collection:

BERLIN A19

Head:

Female

Catalog Number:

2468

Label Text:

Ludovicus / Guersan / propè / Comoediam / Gallicam, / Lutetioe / Anno / 1752 [printed]

Measurements:

String Length:

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Total Length:

59.5

Body Length:

32.5

Upper Width:

15.5

Rib Depth:

5

Middle Width:

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Bottom Width:

19.5

Previous Owner:

C.C. Snoeck, Ghent

Information Source:

Sachs 1922, col. 116

Literature:

Photographs:

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Sachs 1922, col. 116; Snoeck 1894, p. 99

Sachs 1922, pl. 13 (front); Snoeck 1894, facing p. 102 (front)

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Striped back and ribs (cherry), double purfling; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Original tailpiece. Snoeck: “dessus”; “La touche porte des degrés en ivoire.” Lost since World War II.