DHV:
104
Tourin ID:
BERB 03
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1754
Label Text:
Ludovicus / GUERSAN, / propè / Comoediam / Gallicam, / Lutetiae / Anno / 1754 [printed except 54]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Berlin
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
4520
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Fritz Wildhagen, Bielefeld, -1956
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.6
String Length:
31.2
Rib Depth:
4.9
Upper Width:
16.2
Middle Width:
11.1
Bottom Width:
20.1
Information
Source:
Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 105
Literature:
Otterstedt 2004, p. 120; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 105
Photographs:
[By TGM, 11/10: F+B, head F+S (with BERB 4) (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs; double purflng.. Head probably by La Fille. Lower neck, fingerboard, tailpiece, bridge, and block are replacements. (Previous neck was too short and narrow.) Pegbox has points interrupting the curve both front and back; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Drawing by Olga Adelmann (1970) available from museum. Otterstedt 2004: dendrochronology gives date of 1739 for for youngest growth ring on table.