Gustave Adolphe Bernardel, Paris, 1898
Viola: 55050
Labeled, "Luthier du Conservatoire de Musique, no. 206, Paris, 1898" and branded "Gustave Bernardel" internally.
Back: One-piece
Length of back: 41.2 cm
Upper bouts: 18.4 cm
Middle bouts: 12.5 cm
Lower bouts: 23.7 cm
Provenance
| until 1950 | L. P. Balmforth & Son |
| from 1950 | Mr. Barratt |
| in 1995 | Current owner |
Certificates & Documents
Certificate: Roland Baumgartner, Basel (1995)- Certificate: L. P. Balmforth & Son, Leeds (1950) D.294. "This instrument is a characteristic example of the maker's work and in an almost new state of preservation'. The fingerboard in numbered D 294"
Certificate: Roland Baumgartner, Basel (1995)Cozio holds copies of many certificates and other documents, some of which are available to view on request. Please contact us if you wish to view a particular document. (Note that we do not always have permission to share documents.)
References
Phillip's Fine Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 24, 1994, London, Phillip's, Phillip's, London (illustrated)
Phillip's Fine Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 24, 1994, London, Phillip's, Phillip's, London (illustrated)
