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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
53
Bass
George
Miller
16..
GB
London
GB
Private Collection
6
67.8
70
54
Bass
Barak
Norman
1717
GB
London
GB
Canterbury
Private Collection
6
66
68.4
55
Bass
1670 C
D ?
GB
Huddersfield
Private Collection
56
Treble
Henry
Jaye
1620
GB
London (Southwark)
GB
Oxford
Private Collection
6
37.9
35
62
Bass
BERLIN 10
-4
63
Treble ?
D
BERLIN A02
6
39.5
64
Treble ?
D
BERLIN A03
6
40
65
Pardessus
17.. ?
F ?
BERLIN A04
6
32
67
Tenor ?
(Johann) Christoph
Friedstadt
1745
D
Kassel
BERLIN A07
7
45
68
Treble ?
Johann Georg
Hammig
1740 C
D
Neukirchen
BERLIN A08
-4
38.5
69
Treble ?
Simon I
Straub
1706
D
Friedenweiler
BERLIN A09
-4
43
70
Treble ?
Mathias
Klotz
1726
D
D, Mittenwald
BERLIN A10
-4
40
71
Pardessus
F
BERLIN A11
-4
33
72
Treble ?
Rudolph
Höss
1708
D
Munich
BERLIN A12
5
39
73
Treble ?
17.. ?
D
BERLIN A13
5
37.5
74
Treble ?
Georg
Aman
1729
D
Augsburg
BERLIN A14
5
43
75
Tenor ?
Johann Christoph
Leidolff
1719
A
Vienna
BERLIN A15
5
44
76
Treble ?
Anton
Zacher
1726
D
Eichstätt
BERLIN A16
5
42.5
77
Pardessus
Nicolas
Desrousseaux
1735
F
Verdun
BERLIN A17
5
32.5
78
Pardessus
René
Champion
1748
F
Paris
BERLIN A18
5
32.5
79
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1752
F
Paris
BERLIN A19
5
32.5
80
Pardessus
Claude
Touly
1752
F
Lunéville
BERLIN A20
5
32.5
81
Quinton
Guillaume
Le Blond
1789
F
Dunkirk
BERLIN A21
5
35.5
82
Pardessus ?
17..
F
BERLIN A22
5
37.5
83
Pardessus ?
17..
F
BERLIN A23
5
39.5
84
Quinton ?
17..
BERLIN A24
5
36
85
Bass
Johann Georg
Dörffel
D
Klingenthal ?
BERLIN A26
6
61
86
Bass
BERLIN A28
6
58
87
Bass
F
:Lyon
BERLIN A29
7
66
88
Bass
BERLIN A31
5
65
89
Bass
D
BERLIN A32
-4
66
90
Bass
Jan
Boumeester
1667
NL
Amsterdam
BERLIN A34
5
70
91
Bass
Joachim
Tielke ?
1700 C
D
Hamburg
BERLIN A35
6
72
92
Bass
BERLIN A36
6
69.5
93
Bass
Jacob
Stainer
1671
A
Absam
BERLIN A38
6
72.5
94
Bass
Hans
Gottmanshausen
1670
D
Erfurt
BERLIN A39
6
67
95
Bass
Jacob
Meinertzen
1710 C
D
Berlin
BERLIN A41
6
68
96
Bass
François
Saraillac
1711
F
Lyon
BERLIN A42
6
69
97
Bass
Johann Joseph
Elsler
1728
D
Mainz
BERLIN A43
7
68
98
Bass
Antonius
Bachmann
1746
D
Berlin
BERLIN A44
6
72
99
Bass
BERLIN A45
5
73
100
Bass
BERLIN A46
-4
69
101
Bass
17.. ?
D
BERLIN A47
6
70
102
Treble
Robert
Cotton
16..
F
Rouen
D
Berlin
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
6
36.2
37.1
103
Treble
Jeremias [II]
Würffel
16..
D
Greifswald
D
Berlin
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
6
43.3
40.2?
104
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1754
F
Paris
D
Berlin
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
5
32.6
31.2
105
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1766
F
Paris
D
Berlin
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
5
32.5
32.8?
106
Pardessus
François
Grosset
1742
F
Paris
D
Berlin
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
5
33.1
31.2
107
Pardessus ?
Sebastian
Mayr
1720
D
Munich
D
Berlin
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
5
31.5
30.8
108
Treble ?
Rudolph
Höss
1696
D
Munich
D
Berlin
Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung
5
42.1
40.6
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