DHV:
189
Tourin ID:
BRUS 58
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
B
Ghent
Hyacinte
Lorret
Date:
1738
Label Text:
Par Hyacinthe Lorret, dit / Janrot, rue des cles, Gand. 1738 [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
B
Brussels
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Musée des instruments de musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
2882
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Louis Cavens, -1908; C.C. Snoeck, Ghent
Measurements:
Body Length:
31.8
String Length:
30.5
Rib Depth:
4.7
Upper Width:
16
Middle Width:
10.7
Bottom Width:
20.5
Information
Source:
M. Maes to TGM, 8/21; PT visits 6/77 & 9/78
Literature:
Vannes 1999, p. 216; Mahillon 1912, 4:421; Snoeck 1903, p. 5 (no. 13)
Photographs:
On museum’s website (F+S [color]); [unpublished, M. Maes to TGM, 8/21: F+B, F body only, head B, details of neck heel and ribs (color)]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Mahillon: “Quinton ou Par-dessus de viole” (“On donnait le nom de quinton au par-dessus de viole lorsqu’il n’avait que cinq cordes.”); museum’s website: quinton; Snoeck: dessus; Jalovec: fünfsaitige Bratsche. Body corners verging on pointed. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Tourin: end button (for tailgut). Website: bridge and tailpiece missing; “some of the pegs could be original.” Vannes gives date as 1758 (closer to the two violas of 1766 also in this museum). Extensive worm damage visible in photos.