DHV:
209
Tourin ID:
CALD 09
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1754
Label Text:
Ludovicus / Guersan / prope / Comoediam / Gallicam / Lutetiae / Anno / 1754 [printed except 54]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Oberlin, OH
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Caldwell, Catharina Meints
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Shirley Lucas, St. Louis, -1973; her father
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.3
String Length:
30.6
Rib Depth:
4.8
Upper Width:
16.1
Middle Width:
11.3
Bottom Width:
19.5
Information
Source:
TGM visit 7/92
Literature:
Caldwell 2012, pp. 96-99; Caldwell 2012a, p. 65; Caldwell 1974, pp. 82-3
Photographs:
Caldwell 2012a, p. 65 (F body only, B [color]); Caldwell 2012, pp. 96-99 (FB+S, head FB+S, treble soundhole [color]); Green 1982, p. 300 (F+B); Caldwell 1974, pp. 82-3 (top of pages) (FB+S, still with 6 strings); [by TGM: 7/92 F+S; 5/09 label (color)]
Recordings:
Meints 1997 (Caix)
Auctions:
Comments:
Striped back and ribs; double purfling on table and back. Restored by Michael Heale, 1980 (changed from 6 to 5 strings). 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Original pegbox once drilled for 7 pegs; pictured in 1974 with 6 strings. Tourin/JVdGSA dimensions: 60.5, 32.4, 15.9/11.0/19.6, 5.4, 31.5. Caldwell 2012 dimensions: 32.3, 15.8/10.8/19.3, 4.8, 31.0.