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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
1023
Quinton
Louis
Guersan
1754
F
Paris
F
Paris
Private Collection
5
34.5
31.9
1024
Pardessus
F
BR
Rio di Janeiro
Private Collection
6
32.3
32.6
1025
Pardessus
18..
1026
Bass
Jean-Baptiste
Voboam
1730
F
Paris
F
Paris
Musée du Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
7
70
65
1027
Bass
USA
Newark, NJ
Newark Museum
6
69.9
69.7
1028
Bass
16..
GB
USA
Newark, NJ
Newark Museum
6
68.6
66.3
1029
Bass
Nicolaus
Leidolff
1682
A
Vienna
USA
Brattleboro, VT
Private Collection
6
71
70.2
1030
Bass
Johann Christian
Hoffmann ?
1730 C
D
Leipzig
USA
Brattleboro, VT
Private Collection
6
67.3
62.4
1031
Bass
Barak
Norman
GB
London
USA
Newton Centre, MA
Private Collection
6
68.1
69.1
1032
Pardessus
Simon
Gilbert
1730 ?
F
Metz
USA
Cambridge, MA
Harvard University
5
31.9
30.8
1033
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1761
F
Paris
USA
Cambridge, MA
Harvard University
5
34
32.5
1034
Bass
Barak
Norman
GB
London
USA
Cambridge, MA
Harvard University
6
72.2
68.8
1035
Violone
USA
Cambridge, MA
Harvard University
6
81.5
74.5
1036
Bass
John
Rose ?
1600 C
GB
London
GB
London
Royal College of Music
6
64.5
65.8
1037
Treble
Nicolas
Bertrand
1721
F
Paris
F
Paris
Musée de la musique
6
35.8
1038
Bass
Riccardo
Antoniazzi
1908
I
Milan
I
Milan
Castello Sforzesco
6
62.9
60.3
1039
Violone
Ernst
Busch
16..
D
Nuremberg
D
Cologne
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
6
89.3
86.5
1040
Bass
Paul
Hiltz
1656
D
Nuremberg
F
Paris
Private Collection
6
71
1041
Quinton
17..
F
USA
Stanford, CA
Private Collection
5
36.5
32
1043
Treble
John
Baker
1660
GB
Exeter
J
Hamamatsu City
Museum of Musical Instruments
6
39.9
40.3
1044
Bass
16..
GB
J
Hamamatsu City
Museum of Musical Instruments
6
67.9
68.8
1045
Bass
17..
GB
J
Hamamatsu City
Museum of Musical Instruments
6
68.1
65.7
1046
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1754
F
Paris
D
Private Collection
5
32.4
31.5
1047
Treble ?
18..
D
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5
27.6
25.6
1048
Quinton
Jean
Colin
17..
F
Mirecourt
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5+6
35.3
32.7
1049
Treble ?
Peter
Wamsley
1740 C
GB
London
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5
34.2
31.8?
1050
Bass
USA
Mishawaka, IN
Private Collection
6
67.5
64.3
1051
Bass
USA
Mishawaka, IN
Private Collection
6+6
1052
Bass
16..
D
D
Halle
Händel-Haus
6
74
70
1053
Tenor ?
D
Halle
Händel-Haus
7
59
53.8
1054
Bass
17..
F
D
Halle
Händel-Haus
7
69
69.3
1055
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1762
F
Paris
USA
Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institution
5
32.7
31.7
1056
Quinton
Nicolas
Chappuy
17..
F
Mirecourt
USA
Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institution
5
35.4
32.5
1057
Tenor
Gregor
Karpp
1693
D
Königsberg
USA
Vermillion, SD
National Music Museum
6
54.8
51
1058
Pardessus
Feyzeau
1753
F
Bordeaux
B
Brussels
Private Collection
6
35
32.6
1059
Bass
GB
Bohortha, Cornwall
Private Collection
7
70.2
71.5
1060
Bass
16..
GB
GB
Teddington
Private Collection
6
67.9
69.6
1061
Bass
Gasparo da Salo
Bertolotti
1580 C ?
I
Brescia
J
Osaka
Osaka College of Music
6
77.3
76.7
1062
Bass
Johann Heinrich
Ruppert ?
16..
D
Erfurt
1063
Bass
Johannes Udalricus
Eberle
1730
CZ
Prague
NL
Amsterdam
Private Collection
7
72
68.9
1064
Bass
Pieter
Rombouts
1723
NL
Amsterdam
CH
Anonymous
6
64.8
67.4
1065
Bass
Paul
Alletsee
1725
D
Munich
1066
Bass
Barak
Norman
1680 C
GB
London
D
Cologne
Private Collection
7
64.2
69.6
1067
Treble ?
16..
D
6
1068
Bass
Leonhard
Maussiell
171
D
Nuremberg
CH
Winterthur
Private Collection
6
72
71
1069
Bass
1770 C
D
D
Private Collection
6
1070
Bass
Johann Christian
Hoffmann ?
D
Leipzig
Private Collection
6
1071
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1752
F
Paris
5
32.6
30
1072
Bass
Nicolas
Bertrand
1700 C
F
Paris
CH
Basel
Private Collection
7
68.5
70.3
1073
Bass
Richard
Blunt
1591
GB
London
CH
Zurich
Museum Bellerive
6
71.8
68.7
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