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Viola da Gamba Society of America

Online Database of Historical Viols
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1,648

DVH #
Size
Maker's
Name
Date
Place
Made
Current
Location
Collection
No. of Strings
Body Length
String Length
541
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1689
D
Hamburg
RUS
St. Petersburg
State Museum of Theatre and Music
6
69.1
61.2?
542
Bass
DD
Augsburg
RUS
St. Petersburg
State Museum of Theatre and Music
6
79.9
65.9
543
Bass
Jacob Heinrich
Goldt
1745
D
Hamburg
RUS
St. Petersburg
State Museum of Theatre and Music
6
68.6
64?
544
Bass
17.. ?
D
RUS
St. Petersburg
State Museum of Theatre and Music
6
73.8
68.5
545
Bass
16.. ?
NL ?
RUS
St. Petersburg
State Museum of Theatre and Music
5
65.9
61.7?
546
Treble ?
Andreas
Jais
1716
D
Tölz
RUS
St. Petersburg
State Museum of Theatre and Music
-4
39.4
35.5
547
Bass
Joseph Antony
Wachter
1793
RUS
St. Petersburg
RUS
St. Petersburg
State Museum of Theatre and Music
-4
548
Bass
Henry
Jaye
1626
GB
London (Southwark)
D
Nordrhein-Westfallen
Private Collection
7
67.8
70.5
549
Treble
François
Gavinies
1748
F
Paris
D
Ellerhoop
Private Collection
6
36
33
550
Tenor
Hanns
Khögl
1676
A
Vienna
A
Linz
Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum
6
48.8
45.5
551
Tenor
Paul
Tanhager
1755
A
Freudenstein
A
Linz
Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum
6
49
552
Bass
Hanns
Khögl
1671
A
Vienna
A
Linz
Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum
6
67
71.5
553
Bass
Hanns
Khögl
1674
A
Vienna
A
Linz
Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum
6
67.7
69.3
554
Pardessus
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
5
33
555
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1753
F
Paris
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
5
32.5
31.2
556
Quinton
17..
F
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
5
35.5
557
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1677-83
D
Hamburg
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
-4
59.3
57.5
558
Bass
Nicolas
Bertrand ?
17.. ?
F
Paris ?
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
7
65
559
Bass
16.. ?
GB
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
6
64.3
560
Bass
Johann Joseph
Elsler
1730
D
Mainz
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
6+6
60.5
561
Bass
Edward / Richard II
Lewis / Meares
1720 C
GB
London
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
-4
67.5
562
Bass
Georges
Mougenot
1897
B
Brussels
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
6+6
74.5
563
Bass
Barak
Norman
1711
GB
London
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
-4
66.6
63.8
564
Bass
Pieter
Rombouts
17..
NL
Amsterdam
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
7
65.6
60.8
565
Bass
Pietro
Zenatto ?
1643 ?
I
Treviso ?
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
6
68
566
Violone
P
Lisbon
Museu da Música (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
5
82.8
567
Tenor ?
Gasparo da Salo
Bertolotti ?
1580 C ?
I
Brescia
[LOAN 01 (Mr. F. Pingrié)]
568
Treble
1609
GB
[LOAN 02 (Earl of Wemyss)]
6
571
Pardessus ?
Jean
Ouvrard
1740 ?
F
Paris
[LOAN 08 (Mr. T.W. Taphouse)]
5
572
Pardessus ?
Louis
Guersan
1750
F
Paris
[LOAN 09 (W.E. Hill & Sons)]
5
573
Treble
Peter
Wamsley
1753
GB
London
[LOAN 17 (Mr. A. Chancellor)]
6
574
Bass
Jacob
Stainer
1667
A
Absam
[LOAN 22 (Mr. W.E. Currey)]
575
Bass
Barak
Norman
1698
GB
London
GB
Manchester
Royal Northern College of Music
6
62
576
Bass
1700 C
D
USA
Provo, UT
Brigham Young University
7
68.6
67.3
577
Treble ?
Joachim
Tielke
1690
D
Hamburg
D
Lübeck
Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte der Hansestadt (formerly St.-Annen Museum)
5
34
578
Bass
Gregori Ferdinand
Wenger
1751
D
Augsburg
D
Niederaltaich
Private Collection
6
70.7
71.0?
579
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1693
D
Hamburg
CH
Willisau
Musikinstrumentensammlung Willisau
6
64.6
65
580
Bass
16..
D
CH
Willisau
Musikinstrumentensammlung Willisau
6
65
67.2
581
Bass
René
Imber
1707
F
Lyon
CH
Willisau
Musikinstrumentensammlung Willisau
7
69
70.5
582
Tenor ?
Hermann Joseph
Stoss
1718
D
Augsburg
CH
Willisau
Musikinstrumentensammlung Willisau
5
46
39.8
583
Pardessus
Johann Christoph I
Vetter
1741
F
Strasbourg
CH
Willisau
Musikinstrumentensammlung Willisau
6
31.7
29.8
584
Treble ?
Georg
Aman
1705
D
Augsburg
CH
Willisau
Musikinstrumentensammlung Willisau
5
42
40.8
585
Bass
Matthias
Hummel
1708
D
Nuremberg
USA
Washington, DC
Private Collection
6
69.6
69.6
586
Treble ?
Johann
Goldberg
1742
PL
Danzig
D
Markneukirchen
Musikinstrumenten-Museum
5
42
587
Treble ?
Johann Georg
Hammig
1747
D
Neukirchen
D
Markneukirchen
Musikinstrumenten-Museum
5
42
588
Bass
Ernst
Busch
16..
D
Nuremberg
D
Markneukirchen
Musikinstrumenten-Museum
6
63.1
63.5
589
Bass
Johann Christian
Hoffmann
1734
D
Leipzig
D
Markneukirchen
Musikinstrumenten-Museum
-4
68.1
62.8
590
Pardessus
17..
F
Mirecourt ?
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5
32.3
31
591
Treble
Jean
Ouvrard
1726
F
Paris
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6
34.5
37
592
Treble
Antoine
Cabroly
1730
F
Toulouse
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6
35.3
29.3
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