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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
593
Treble
Jean III
Vuillaume
1743
F
Mirecourt
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6
35.8
33.8
594
Bass ?
17..
D
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6
57.5
61
595
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1690
D
Hamburg
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
-4
65
596
Bass
Henry
Smith
1629
GB
London (Holborne)
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6
65.3
66.9?
597
Tenor
16..
I ?
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6
53.9
52.2
598
Bass
Nicolas
Bertrand
1720
F
Paris
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
7
70.8
71.3
599
Bass
D ?
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6
70.8
66.5?
600
Bass
Edward / Richard II
Lewis / Meares
1720 C
GB
London
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6
65.4
64.6
601
Pardessus
Benoist
Fleury
1752
F
Paris
USA
Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts
5
32.6
31.2
602
Tenor
Jesper
Gotfredsen
1752
DK
Copenhagen
USA
Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts
6
44.5
47.2
603
Tenor
Richard
Blunt
1600 C
GB
London
USA
Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts
6
56
59.6
604
Bass
Barak
Norman
1713
GB
London
USA
Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts
6
68.8
67?
605
Bass
Claude
Pierray
1710 C
F
Paris
USA
Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts
7
69
72.5
606
Tenor ?
Johann Joseph
Elsler ?
1730 C
D
Mainz
USA
Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts
5
44
42
607
Bass
Richard
Meares
1677
GB
London
USA
Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts
6
67.3
69
608
Bass
Arwitt
Rönnegren
1733
S
Kattarp
USA
Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts
6
64.4
66
609
Bass
16..
F
I
Milan
Castello Sforzesco
-4
67.2
66.2
610
Tenor
Antonio
Brensio
1612
I
Bologna
I
Milan
Castello Sforzesco
-4
46.9
46.1
611
Bass
Michel
Collichon
1687
F
Paris
I
Milan
Castello Sforzesco
-4
67.6
62.2
612
Bass
17..
I
I
Milan
Castello Sforzesco
-4
67.2
59.5
613
Bass
17.. ?
I
I
Milan
Castello Sforzesco
6
60.9
64.8
614
Bass
17.. ?
I
I
Milan
Castello Sforzesco
6
72.5
67.9
617
Bass
Joannes Marcus
Grappello
1570 C
I
Ferrara
I
Milan
Conservatorio di musica G. Verdi
6
65
618
Bass
Cesare
Bonoris ?
1568 ?
I
Mantua
I
Modena
Museo Civico
-4
65.3
57
619
Violone
I
I
Modena
Museo Civico
3
87
91
620
Bass
18.. ?
I
I
Modena
Museo Civico
-4
76
69
621
Bass
Matthias & Augustinus
Kaiser
1703
D
Düsseldorf
D
Münster
Erbdrostenhof (on loan)
7
68
65.2
622
Tenor
D
Munich
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
6
55.2
58.6
623
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1691
D
Hamburg
D
Munich
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
6
68.1
624
Quinton
J. B. D.
Salomon
1744
F
Paris
D
Munich
Stadtmuseum
5
37.4
32.2
625
Treble
Paul
Alletsee
17..
D
Munich
D
Munich
Stadtmuseum
5
626
Bass
Joseph Paul
Christa
1737
D
Munich
D
Munich
Stadtmuseum
6
74
64.6
627
Bass ?
Jakob
Weiss ?
1727 ?
A
Salzburg ?
D
Munich
Stadtmuseum
6
66.6
66.1
628
Bass
Samuel
Gilkes
1815
GB
London
D
Burghausen an der Salzach
Private Collection
7
72.3
64.3
630
Treble ?
Norbert
Gedler
1721
D
D
Munich
Deutsches Museum
5
38.4
35
632
Treble ?
1770 C
D
D
Munich
Deutsches Museum
5
35.2
33.4
633
Bass
Paul
Alletsee
1732
D
Munich
D
Munich
Deutsches Museum
6
71.8
75.3
634
Bass
Rudolph
Höss
1701
D
Munich
D
Munich
Deutsches Museum
-4
68.2
64.2
635
Bass
Leonhard
Maussiell
1710
D
Nuremberg
D
Munich
Deutsches Museum
5
74.1
69.2
636
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1708
D
Hamburg
D
Munich
Deutsches Museum
7
58.3
60.5
641
Bass
17..
D
Munich
Deutsches Museum
6
68.5
62.8
651
Bass
Thomas
Edlinger
1672
D
Augsburg
USA
Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institution
7
67.9
69
652
Bass
USA
6
67.2
71.5
653
Bass
Paul
Alletsee
1715 ?
D
Munich
USA
Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institution
6
64.3
66.8
654
Treble ?
Caspar
Stadler
1727
D
Munich
D
Stuttgart
Private Collection
5
40
36
655
Bass
Antoine
Despont
1617
F
Paris
NL
Culemborg
Private Collection
7
65
65
656
Bass
Lorenz
Wachter
1775
D
Bonn
D
Stuttgart ?
Private Collection
6
66
65
657
Bass
Henry
Jaye
1631
GB
London (Southwark)
D
Wolfschlungen
Private Collection
6
70
66.5
658
Bass
D
Stuttgart
Private Collection
6
68.5
64
659
Bass
16.. ?
D
Seeshaupt
Private Collection
6
73
71
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