DHV:
201
Tourin ID:
CALD 01
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
J. B. D.
Salomon
Date:
1760 C
Label Text:
Salomon / a Paris [stamped on button]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Washington, DC
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Slowik, Kenneth
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Scroll
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Catharina Meints Caldwell, Oberlin, OH, 1972-2022; Jacques Français, New York, -1972
Measurements:
Body Length:
31.8
String Length:
32.2
Rib Depth:
6.4
Upper Width:
16
Middle Width:
11.3
Bottom Width:
19.1
Information
Source:
TGM visit 7/92
Literature:
Caldwell 2012, pp. 92-95; Caldwell 1974, pp. 60-1; Francais 1971, p. 6 (no. 12)
Photographs:
MacCracken 2017, p. 65 (front); Caldwell 2012, pp. 92-95 (FB+S, head FB+S, maker’s stamp [color]); Caldwell 1974, pp. 60-1 (FB+S); [by TGM: F+S]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Restored by William Monical, New York, 1981, including a new neck. Deep ribs, painted purfling on table, none on back. Scroll sides are black discs with ivory center button. Tourin/JVdGSA dimensions: 59.4, 31.9, 15.6/11.1/19.0, 7.0, 31.8; Caldwell 2012 dimensions: 31.6, 15.8/10.8/18./, 6.4, 32.0. When exhibited by Francais in 1971, described as “on loan [from a] private collection, New York. In its original condition.” (NB not owned by Francais himself, unlike e.g. a Salomon cello of 1745, “on loan [from the] Jacques Francais Collection, New York.”)