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Viola da Gamba Society of America

Online Database of Historical Viols
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DVH #
Size
Maker's
Name
Date
Place
Made
Current
Location
Collection
No. of Strings
Body Length
String Length
1
Bass
William
Turner
1652
GB
London
F
Nice
Musée du Palais Lascaris
6
68.3
67.9
2
Bass
Johann Heinrich
Ruppert
17..
D
Erfurt
D
Regensburg
ANONYMOUS 1
6
66
64.0?
3
Treble ?
Joachim
Tielke
1692
D
Hamburg
D
Rohrbach bei Darmstadt
Private Collection
5
39.6
4
Bass
Joachim
Tielke ?
1698
D
Hamburg
ANONYMOUS 5
6
67
66.2
5
Treble
1720 C
D
ANONYMOUS 6
6
33.8
34
6
Bass
I
Parma ?
ANONYMOUS 7
6
76
72.5
7
Bass
Matthias
Hummel ?
1702
D
Nuremberg
D
Dormagen-Zons
Private Collection
6
69
68.6
8
Pardessus
Nicolas
Desrousseaux
1731
F
Verdun
ANONYMOUS 9
6
33
9
Tenor ?
GB
Exeter
Private Collection
6
40
45
10
Bass
Thomas
Edlinger
1673
D
Augsburg
ANONYMOUS 11
11
Bass
Nicolas
Bertrand
1704
F
Paris
D
Berlin
Private Collection
7
70
69.9
12
Quinton
Jacques
Boquay
1761 ?
F
Paris
B
Antwerp
Museum Vleeshuis
5
13
Treble
16..
B
Antwerp
Museum Vleeshuis
6
14
Bass
Gaspar
Borbon
1665
B
Brussels
B
Antwerp
Museum Vleeshuis
6
15
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1756
F
Paris
USA
Philadelphia, PA
American Society of Ancient Instruments
5
32.4
30.2
16
Pardessus
USA
Philadelphia, PA
American Society of Ancient Instruments
5
32.5
32.1
17
Bass
USA
Philadelphia, PA
American Society of Ancient Instruments
6
66.3
63.2
18
Bass
17.. ?
F ?
USA
Philadelphia, PA
American Society of Ancient Instruments
6
75
69.2
19
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1695
D
Hamburg
USA
Philadelphia, PA
American Society of Ancient Instruments
6
66.7
65.3
20
Bass
USA
Philadelphia, PA
American Society of Ancient Instruments
6
70.3
66.3
22
Treble
Giovanni
Maria
15..
I
Venice
GB
Oxford
Ashmolean Museum
6
36.9
31.6
23
Bass
Gasparo da Salo
Bertolotti
1580 C ?
I
Brescia
GB
Oxford
Ashmolean Museum
6
65
64.5
24
Bass
Domenico
Russo
15..
I
Brescia
GB
Oxford
Ashmolean Museum
6
60.4
61.3
25
Bass
John
Rose
1600 C
GB
London
GB
Oxford
Ashmolean Museum
6
70.6
74
26
Tenor
John
Rose
1598
GB
London
GB
Oxford
Ashmolean Museum
6
55.1
59.1
27
Tenor
Richard
Blunt
1605
GB
London
GB
Oxford
Ashmolean Museum
6
55.5
59
28
Bass
Antonio & Girolamo
Amati
1611
I
Cremona
GB
Oxford
Ashmolean Museum
6
62.9
61.6
29
Treble
Henry
Jaye
16..
GB
London (Southwark)
GB
Kent
Private Collection
6
36.2
36
30
Treble
Henry
Jaye
16..
GB
London (Southwark)
GB
Winchester
Private Collection
6
41.1
45
31
Treble
Henry
Jaye
16..
GB
London (Southwark)
GB
Oxford
Private Collection
6
41.2
39
32
Bass
Henry
Jaye
1614
GB
London (Southwark)
GB
London
Private Collection
6
70.3
68.6
33
Bass
John
Pitts
1675
GB
London
F
Leymen
Private Collection
6
69
70
34
Violone
Ernst
Busch
16..
D
Nuremberg
NL
Amsterdam
Private Collection
6
79
79.5
35
Bass
Guillaume
Barbey
1720 C
F
Paris
USA
Berea, OH
Baldwin-Wallace College
7
69.4
69.2
36
Pardessus
Pierre
Larcher
1745
F
Paris
E
Barcelona
Conservatori Municipal de Música
5
32
33
38
Treble ?
Zacharias
Fischer
1763
D
Würzburg
E
Barcelona
Conservatori Municipal de Música
6
39.2
37
39
Quinton
Georg
Aman ?
1737
D
Augsburg
E
Barcelona
Conservatori Municipal de Música
5
35.4
32
40
Bass
Barak
Norman
1713 ?
GB
London
E
Barcelona
Conservatori Municipal de Música
-4
62.4
59
41
Bass
Barak
Norman
1714
GB
London
E
Barcelona
Conservatori Municipal de Música
6
67.5
64.5
42
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1694
D
Hamburg
E
Barcelona
Conservatori Municipal de Música
5
69.3
64.8
43
Pardessus
Jean
Ouvrard
1744
F
Paris
CH
Basel
Historisches Museum
5
33.4
31.4
44
Pardessus
Jean-Sebastien
Bourdot
1742
F
Mirecourt
CH
Basel
Historisches Museum
5
31.4
29.6
45
Pardessus
17..
F
CH
Basel
Historisches Museum
5
33.4
29.1
46
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1761
F
Paris
CH
Basel
Historisches Museum
5
32.6
31.9
47
Tenor
Marcell
Pichler
1683
A
Salzburg
CH
Basel
Historisches Museum
6
53
52.6
48
Violone
Pietro Antonio
Bellone
1661
I
Milan
CH
Basel
Historisches Museum
7+5
84.4
77.1
49
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1704 C
D
Hamburg
CH
Basel
Historisches Museum
6
68
67.2
50
Bass
Claude
Pierray
1700 C
F
Paris
CH
Basel
Historisches Museum
6
68.7
72
51
Bass
P.
Pommier
17..
F
Lyon
CH
Basel
Historisches Museum
7
79.5
69.8
52
Pardessus
Jean Baptiste
Voboam
1719
F
Paris
F
Paris
Musée de la musique
6
31.2
31.8
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