DHV:
974
Tourin ID:
Size:
Pardessus
Place Made:
Maker:
F
Paris
Nicolas
Bertrand
Date:
1714
Label Text:
Nicolas Bertrand / a Paris 1714 [printed]; also stamped BERTRAND at top of back
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
F
Paris
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Musée de la musique
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
E.1005 (formerly C.138)
Head:
Female
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Léon Tual, 28.iii–2.iv.1884; Louis Leloir, -1884
Measurements:
Body Length:
31.6
String Length:
Rib Depth:
7
Upper Width:
16
Middle Width:
12
Bottom Width:
18.6
Information
Source:
Museum’s website; Gétreau 1996, pp. 248, 674; Gétreau 1988, pp. 76-7, 150
Literature:
Gétreau 1996, pp. 248, 674; Gétreau 1988, p. 76; Chouquet 1884, p. 31
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+S, head side; front 7/8, head 3/4 [color]); MacCracken 2017, p. 53 (front); Gétreau 1988, pp. 77 (side of neck and head), 150 (front [color]); König 1985, pp. 41-44 (F+B, head FB+S)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Original neck (one piece with pegbox); bridge and pegs not original. Repaired in 1884 by Gand & Bernardel frères: new pegs, bridge, tailpiece and hookbar (Gétreau 1996, p. 449). Drawing by Pierre Jacquier (1976) available from museum. On display 8/02: 2-piece back, carved pegbox, C-holes have nicks on outer edges, table varnish shows apparent water damage.