DHV:
173
Tourin ID:
BRUS 39
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
Edward
Lewis
Date:
1700 C
Label Text:
Gio Paolo Maggini in Brixiae 1630
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
B
Brussels
No. of Strings:
7
Collection:
Musée des instruments de musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
1431
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Prince de Chimay
Measurements:
Body Length:
68.8
String Length:
Rib Depth:
13.5
Upper Width:
31.2
Middle Width:
23
Bottom Width:
40.4
Information
Source:
PT visits 6/77 & 9/78 (?)
Literature:
Hebbert 2003b, p. 39 (L7); Moens 1980; Mahillon 1900, 3:52
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+S [color]); [by TGM 6/88: front (color)]; [unpublished, in Heale Archive, from museum: F+B]; [unpublished, from J. Pringle 1/16: F+B full, B body, F orn, S orn]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Not listed under Lewis by Tourin, though Mahillon quotes opinion of Alfred Hill that it is by Lewis. Length and width measurements off Pringle’s copy of a drawing by Raymond Passauro available from museum, so not over arching. (Mahillon: total length 130, max. width 40, depth 13.5.) Moens (Herne 1980) says neck and pegbox are 18th C. French. Museum’s website: “Auteur inconnu / Edward Lewis”.