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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
972
Bass
Martin
Hoffmann
1700 C
D
LeipzigLeipzig
CH
Geneva
Musée d’art et d’histoire
7
68.8
70
973
Treble ?
Paul
Alletsee
1725
D
Munich
D
Nuremberg
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
6
38.4
36.2
974
Pardessus
Nicolas
Bertrand
1714
F
Paris
F
Paris
Musée de la musique
6
31.6
975
Quinton
Claude
Boivin
1744
F
Paris
D
Halle
Händel-Haus
5
35.5
32.3
976
Bass
Jacques
Boquay
1726
F
Paris
D
Halle
Händel-Haus
6
72.5
65.3
977
Tenor
John
Rose
1595 ?
GB
London
F
Paris
Musée de la musique
6
53.8
55.7
978
Bass
Lorenz
Wachter
D
Bonn
D
Munich ?
Stadtmuseum ?
979
Treble ?
Maximilian
Zacher ?
1734
CZ
Breslau
D
Munich
Stadtmuseum
5
39.3
36.5
980
Bass
Thomas
Cole
1678
GB
London
USA
Chicago, IL
Newberry Library
6
71.9
69.6
981
Treble ?
Frederick
Hintz
1760 C
GB
London
USA
Oakton, VA
Private Collection
6
43.8
40.4
982
Bass
William
Addison
1670
GB
London
USA
Oakland, CA
Private Collection
6
68.6
69.4
983
Bass
Barak
Norman
GB
London
USA
Mishawaka, IN
Private Collection
6
67.4
67.7
984
Bass
William
Turner
1650 C
GB
London
USA
Northampton, MA
Private Collection
6
67.6
68.1
985
Bass
GB
6
63.5
65.3
986
Bass
NL
Deventer
Private Collection
6
987
Bass
D
USA
New York, NY
Private Collection
6
65.4
68.1
988
Bass
John
Rose
1600 C
GB
London
USA
Oberlin, OH
Caldwell, Catharina Meints
6
68.2
70.5
989
Bass
CZ
USA
Williamsburg, VA
Colonial Williamsburg
6
71.4
69.5
990
Bass
Barak
Norman
1703
GB
London
CDN
Montreal, PQ
Private Collection
6
70
68
991
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1702
D
Hamburg
D
Aachen
Private Collection
59.2
63.5
992
Bass
Richard
Meares
16..
GB
London
GB
Winchester
Private Collection
6
68.2
69.3
993
Bass
Richard
Meares
1677
GB
London
GB
Glasgow
Private Collection
6
70.3
67
994
Treble
William
Turner
1656
GB
London
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
40.8
44.4
995
Bass
Giovanni Paolo
Maggini
1600 C
I
Brescia
CDN
Private Collection
6
72.7
72
996
Bass
Matteo
Goffriller
1700 C
I
Venice
USA
Portland, OR
Private Collection
6
66
69.3
997
Bass
Richard
Meares
1665
GB
London
GB
Wallingford
Private Collection
6
68.2
67.2
998
Pardessus
1750 C
F ?
USA
Vermillion, SD
National Music Museum
5
32.5
32.8
999
Treble
USA
Haverford, PA
Private Collection
6
40.6
40
1000
Treble ?
USA
Mishawaka, IN
Private Collection
6
1001
Bass
Richard
Meares
1675
GB
London
USA
Mishawaka, IN
Private Collection
6
69.8
68
1002
Tenor
USA
Mishawaka, IN
Private Collection
6
55.1
53.5
1003
Bass
Edward
Lewis ?
1695 C
GB
London
F
Paris
Private Collection
6
70.3
68.5
1004
Bass
Pietro
Vimercati
1650 C
I
Brescia
USA
Vermillion, SD
National Music Museum
5
64
59
1005
Quinton
17..
F
USA
Ann Arbor, MI
Stearns Collection, University of Mich.
5
35.9
32.4
1006
Tenor
William
Bowelesse
1600 C
GB
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
52.2
54.7
1007
Treble
Nicolas III
Médard
1701
F
Paris
B
Brussels
Musée des instruments de musique
6
41.2
1008
Treble ?
1730 ?
D
B
Brussels
Musée des instruments de musique
-4
43
40.3
1009
Bass
Auguste
Tolbecque
1865
F
Niort ?
B
Brussels
Musée des instruments de musique
6+12
73
68.7
1010
Bass
Gustave Adolphe
Bernardel
1896
F
Paris
B
Brussels
Musée des instruments de musique
7+12
69
69.5
1011
Pardessus
Hilaire
Darche
1913
B
Brussels
B
Brussels
Musée des instruments de musique
5
33.5
31.9
1012
Bass
Hilaire
Darche
1915
B
Brussels
B
Brussels
Musée des instruments de musique
6+12
67.7
66.6
1013
Violone
Hilaire
Darche
1913
B
Brussels
B
Brussels
Musée des instruments de musique
6
101
1014
Tenor
16..
GB
London
GB
Winchester
Private Collection
6
53.7
58
1015
Bass
Martin
Hoffmann
1693
D
Leipzig
D
Leipzig
Private Collection
6
66.2
66.6
1016
Treble
Michel
Collichon
1693 ?
F
Paris
CH
Basel
Private Collection
6
34.6
36
1017
Bass
Petter
Hackings
1621
GB
London
F
Lille
Musée Régional de l’Hospice Comtesse, Collection J. & P. Hel
7
71.2
70.7?
1018
Bass
Henry
Smith
1637
GB
London (Holborne)
GB
Haslemere
Private Collection
6
69.3
68
1020
Bass
Barak
Norman
GB
London
CH
Zurich
Private Collection
6
66.3
1021
Bass
Georges I
Chanot
1855
F
Paris
A
Graz
Grazer Öffentliche Sammlungen
7
68.5
66.5
1022
Pardessus
Jean
Ouvrard
1750
F
Paris
F
Paris
Private Collection
5
35.2
32.3
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