DHV:
210
Tourin ID:
CALD 10
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Louis
Guersan
Date:
1760 C
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
USA
Shutesbury, MA
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
Private Collection
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
James Caldwell & Catharina Meints, Oberlin, OH, -1989; Jacques Français, New York, 1972
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.8
String Length:
31.1
Rib Depth:
4.7
Upper Width:
15.4
Middle Width:
10.9
Bottom Width:
19.7
Information
Source:
TGM visit 10/93
Literature:
Caldwell 1974, pp. 82-3
Photographs:
Caldwell 1974, pp. 82-3 (bottom of pages) (FB+S); [by TGM: FB+S, head FB+S]
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Double purfling on table and back. La Fille head. 3 pegs treble, 2 bass side. Restored by Michael Heale, 1980. Bridge feet have been as much as 3 cm lower on table. Tourin/JVdGSA dimensions: 60.7, 32.4, 15.4/10.8/19.4, 5.3, 31.5