DHV:
71
Tourin ID:
BERA 11
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Date:
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
-4
Collection:
BERLIN A11
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
2463
Head:
Lion
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
C.C. Snoeck, Ghent
Measurements:
Body Length:
33
String Length:
Rib Depth:
4.3
Upper Width:
15.8
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
19.8
Information
Source:
Sachs 1922, col. 116
Literature:
Sachs 1922, col. 116; Snoeck 1894, p. 98
Photographs:
Snoeck 1894, facing p. 104 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Snoeck: pardessus (also “violetta piccola”), converted to violin by Nezot, a French 18th-C luthier. Back with double purfling, plus ornaments; “Brescian school”. Sachs: Diskantviola, zur Violine umgearbeitet; traces of gilding on lion’s head. Probably originally had 5 strings. Lost since World War II.