DHV:
1033
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1761
Label Text:
Lodovicus / Guersan, / prope / Comoediam / Gallicam, / Lutetioe / Anno / 1761 [printed except 61]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Cambridge, MA
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Harvard University
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
55
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Willi Schmid, Munich, -1934
Measurements:
Body Length:
34
String Length:
32.5
Rib Depth:
??
Upper Width:
16.4
Middle Width:
11.9
Bottom Width:
20.2
Information
Source:
TGM visit 10/93
Literature:
On Harvard’s website; Thompson 1989, p. 9
Photographs:
On Harvard’s website (F+B, head 3/4 [color]); [unpublished, concert program, 193?, in Harvard’s files (front, front 3/4, head side)]; [by TGM: FB+S, head FB+S]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs; double purfling; head not La Fille type; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Original neck, fingerboard, tailpiece, nut, and four of its original pegs.