DHV:
78
Tourin ID:
BERA 18
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
René
Champion
Date:
1748
Label Text:
Renée Champion de S. Julien, rue des vielles Odriettes, / au coin de l’Echelle du Temple, à Paris 1748 [printed]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
No. of Strings:
5
Collection:
BERLIN A18
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
2470
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
C.C. Snoeck, Ghent; Edmond de Coussemaker (-1876)
Measurements:
Body Length:
32.5
String Length:
Rib Depth:
4.5
Upper Width:
15
Middle Width:
Bottom Width:
19.5
Information
Source:
Sachs 1922, col. 116
Literature:
Sachs 1922, col. 116; Snoeck 1894, p. 99; Coussemaker 1877, p. 202
Photographs:
Snoeck 1894, facing p. 100 (front)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Arched back. 10 bone frets. 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Sachs: quinton. Snoeck: revarnished. Published catalogue of Coussemaker’s library and instrument collection quotes label and notes that “La touche porte dix divisions,” confirming this was his. Lost since World War II.