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A catalogue of the Lyon & Healy collection of rare old violins, violas, viloncellos, bows of rare makes, 1929
28 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 111. See the scan on archive.org.
1VIOLIN BOWS BY FRANCOIS TOURTE
3FRANCOIS TOURTE, PARIS
4Number 826. A Tourte masterpiece. The stick is round and of a dark chocolate color. Tortoise shell frog, gold mounted. Gold tip.
5Price: $1,200
7FRANCOIS TOURTE, PARIS
8Number 737. Magnificent example of Tourte's artistry. Formerly the property of the great Maestro, Lambert Massart, and presented to him by the Society Gentry of Liege, Belgium, in the year 1829. Octagonal stick, light chocolate color. Original frog, silver mounted.
9Price: $1,200
11FRANCOIS TOURTE, PARIS
12Number 765. Round stick, light chocolate. Ebony frog, silver mounted. Splendid condition.
13Price: $800
15FRANCOIS TOURTE, PARIS
16Number 764. Round stick, light chocolate color. Ebony frog, silver mounted. A fine example.
17Price: $800
19FRANCOIS TOURTE, PARIS
20Number 784. Octagonal stick, chocolate color. Frog reconstructed and is gold mounted.
21Price: $500
23FRANCOIS TOURTE, PARIS
24Number 760. Round stick, dark chocolate color. Frog is original, but reconstructed. Small crack in stick carefully repaired.
25Price: $400
27A fine bow by Tourte, from the Partello Collection, is described on page 12.
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