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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
919
Bass
Ernst
Busch
16..
D
Nuremberg ?
USA
New Haven, CT
Yale University
6
64.5
63.2
920
Bass
Charles
Hautstont
1903
B
Brussels
USA
New Haven, CT
Yale University
6+12
68.8
67.5
921
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1754
F
Paris
J
Hamamatsu City
Museum of Musical Instruments
5
32.6
30.5
922
Pardessus
17..
F
J
Osaka
Osaka College of Music
6
32.2
923
Tenor
Frederick
Hintz
1764 ?
GB
London
GB
Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
6
57.2
59
924
Bass
Mathias & Augustinus
Kaiser
1700 C
D
Düsseldorf
GB
Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
6
68
66.5
925
Tenor ?
Johann Joseph
Elsler ?
1730 C
D
Mainz
GB
Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
7
44.4
40.7
926
Treble ?
Johann Andreas
Kämbl
1736
D
Munich
GB
Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
-4
40.6
39
927
Treble ?
16..
GB
Edinburgh
University of Edinburgh
-4
42.4
41
928
Pardessus
Salomon
1744
F
Reims
F
Paris
Musée de la musique
6
31.8
31.5?
929
Bass
16..
GB
D
Cologne
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
6
69
930
Treble
F
D
Cologne
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
932
Pardessus
1750 C
F
J
Tokyo
Ueno Gakuen College
5
32.2
31.1
933
Bass
17..
CZ
J
Tokyo
Ueno Gakuen College
6
60.3
64
934
Bass
Michel
Collichon
1683
F
Paris
F
Paris
Musée de la musique
7
66.8
935
Bass
Michel
Collichon
1688
F
Paris
I
Laveno Monbello
Private Collection
7
67.4
936
Bass
Michel
Collichon
1689
F
Paris
D
Bochum
Sammlung Grumbt im Schloss Kemnade
7
70
937
Bass
Michel
Collichon
1691
F
Paris
CH
Zurich
Private Collection
7
71.1
71.7
938
Bass
J. B. D.
Salomon
1741
F
Paris
F
Paris
Private Collection
7
69.2
69.7
939
Bass
Barak
Norman
1692
GB
London
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6
63.6
67.2
940
Treble
Pierre
Morant
1709
F
Caen
USA
New York, NY
Private Collection
6
35
36
941
Bass
Thomas
Cole
1665
GB
London
I
Modena
Museo Civico
6
68.7
69
942
Bass
1700 C
D
D
Frankfurt an der Oder
Museum Viadrina, Reka-Sammlung
6
65.1
62
943
Treble ?
17..
D
GB
Kilmarnock
Dean Castle
-4
944
Treble
Henry
Smith
1623
GB
London (Holborne)
GB
Kilmarnock
Dean Castle
6
44.6
945
Bass
Martin
Hoffmann
1688 C
D
Leipzig
CH
Private Collection
6
64.2
64
946
Bass
Martin
Hoffmann ?
1693
D
Leipzig
D
Gardelegen
Private Collection
6
68.8
67.5
947
Bass
Johann Christian
Hoffmann
D
Leipzig
D
Nuremberg
Private Collection
7
71
948
Treble ?
D
GB
Maidstone
Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery
-4
37
949
Pardessus
1740 C
B ?
GB
Manchester
Royal Northern College of Music
-4
32.5
33.1
950
Pardessus
F
GB
Manchester
Royal Northern College of Music
5
33
31.1
951
Treble ?
Johann Andreas
Dörffel
1754
D
Klingenthal
GB
Manchester
Royal Northern College of Music
-4
38
35
952
Bass
Barak
Norman
GB
London
GB
Manchester
Royal Northern College of Music
6
63
64.5?
953
Bass
Thomas
Collingwood
1694
GB
London
GB
Manchester
Royal Northern College of Music
6
68
954
Bass
Henry
Jaye
1615
GB
London (Southwark)
GB
Manchester
Royal Northern College of Music
6
64.5
955
Bass
George
Gibs
1598 ?
GB
London
USA
Bronx, NY
Private Collection
7
69.2
68.5
956
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1745
F
Paris
USA
Arlington, VA
Private Collection
5
32.6
31.7
957
Treble ?
Pierre François
Grosset
1746
F
Paris
USA
Newark, NJ
Newark Museum
6
34.3
31.7
958
Bass
Francesco
Rugeri
1697
I
Cremona
USA
Portland, OR
Private Collection
6
59.9
68.3
959
Bass
D
USA
St. Louis, MO
Washington University
7+5
68.2
66
962
Bass
Jacob
Stainer
1673 C
A
Absam
A
Vienna
Kunsthistorisches Museum
6
69.5
963
Bass
Jacob
Stainer
1673 C
A
Absam
CH
Basel
Private Collection
7
69.2
70
964
Bass
Jacob
Stainer
1673
A
Absam
D
Detmold
Private Collection
6
70.8
965
Tenor ?
Pietro
Guarneri
1689
I
Mantua
USA
New Haven, CT
Yale University
5
45.7
42.1
966
Pardessus
Jean
Ouvrard
1741
F
Paris
CH
Basel
Private Collection
6
33
31.2
967
Bass
Johann Christian
Hoffmann
1730 C
D
Leipzig
D
Ellerhoop
Private Collection
6
69.5
69
968
Treble ?
18..
F
Mirecourt
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6
36.5
41.8
969
Violone
17..
CZ
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
7
102
96.5
970
Bass
1680 C
GB
USA
Newton Centre, MA
Private Collection
7
70.1
70.3
971
Treble ?
17..
A
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