DHV:
105
Tourin ID:
BERB 04
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1766
Label Text:
Ludovicus / GUERSAN, / propè / Comoediam / Gallicam, / Lutetiae / Anno / 1766 [printed except 66]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
D
Berlin
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
4478
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Private owner, -1956
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.5
String Length:
32.8?
Rib Depth:
5.2
Upper Width:
15.8
Middle Width:
10.9
Bottom Width:
19.3
Information
Source:
Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 106
Literature:
Otterstedt 2004, p. 121; Otto & Adelmann 1975, p. 106
Photographs:
[By TGM, 11/10: F+B, head F+S (with BERB 3) (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs (dark wood on back is mahogany, on ribs cedar); double purfling. Head probably by La Fille. New neck, fingerboard, block and fittings. (Neck when bought was too short, narrow, and rounded: violin-style.) 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Otterstedt 2004: dendrochronology gives date of 1739 for tfor youngest growth ring on table.