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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
1127
Treble ?
D
6
35.9
1128
Bass
6
68.1
1129
Bass
D ?
6
73.9
1130
Bass
Antonio & Girolamo
Amati
1597
I
Cremona
USA
Washington, DC
Smithsonian Institution
-4
63.1
1131
Tenor
52.5
1132
Treble
40
1133
Tenor
1720 C
D
Leipzig ?
J
Hamamatsu City
Museum of Musical Instruments
6
50.8
52.2
1134
Bass
School of
Tielke
D
Hamburg
CH
Samstagern
Private Collection
-4
69.5
1135
Quinton
17..
F
5
35.4
1136
Treble
6
34.3
35.3
1137
Bass
17..
I
Naples ?
F
Marseille
Private Collection
6
72
71
1139
Treble ?
5
35.8
1140
Treble ?
17..
CZ
5
39.3
1141
Tenor
59
1142
Quinton
17..
F
5
36.8
1143
Bass
Nicolas
Bertrand
1712
F
Paris
CDN
Montreal, PQ
Université de Montréal, Faculté de Musique
7
70.5
71
1144
Bass
Claude
Pierray
1709
F
Paris
GB
London
Royal College of Music
7
63.9
67.5
1145
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1751
F
Paris
B
Ternat
Private Collection
5
33
32.8
1146
Bass
16..
GB
GB
London
Private Collection
6
63.3
66.5
1147
Bass
Romain
Chéron
1700
F
Paris
B
Brussels
Private Collection
7
68.2
70-71
1148
Bass
Johann Joseph
Stadlmann
1778
A
Vienna
D
Schwerin
Landesbibliothek Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
7
68
70
1149
Bass
F
I
Rome
Museo degli strumenti musicali
5
70
1150
Bass
Francesco
Rugeri ?
1726 ?
I
Cremona ?
I
Rome
Museo degli strumenti musicali
7
69
1151
Bass
I
Rome
Museo degli strumenti musicali
6
74.5
1152
Bass
-4
73.7
1153
Treble
Henry
Jaye
16..
GB
London (Southwark)
[Christie’s 10 May 1977, lot 91]
-4
39.4
1154
Bass
NL ?
64.2
1155
Quinton
School of
Salomon
17..
F
Paris
5
32.7
1156
Treble
18..
D ?
37.1
1157
Treble
Henry
Jaye
1627
GB
London (Southwark)
[Christie’s 19 Dec. 1974, lot 105]
38.5
1158
Treble ?
José
Contreras
1744
E
Madrid
5
41.5
36.2
1159
Quinton
1760 C
F
Paris
BR
Rio di Janeiro
Private Collection
5
37.5
33.4
1160
Quinton
Nicolas
Harmand
17..
F
Mirecourt
B
Ternat
Private Collection
5
35
32.2
1161
Pardessus
René
Champion
1748
F
Paris
NL
Amsterdam
Private Collection
5
32.5
1162
Quinton
Louis
Guersan
1766
F
Paris
5
34.3
1163
Bass
16..
D
D
Nuremberg
Musikwissenschaftliches Institut der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
6
69.8
69.5
1164
Bass
Barak
Norman
1696
GB
London
J
Kyoto
Private Collection
6
62.8
67.3
1165
Bass
Pieter
Rombouts
1723
NL
Amsterdam
6
1166
Quinton
François
Lejeune
1753
F
Paris
5
1167
Quinton
François
Lejeune
1758
F
Paris
5
1168
Quinton
Louis
Guersan
1758
F
Paris
5
1169
Bass
Pietro
Zenatto ?
1693 ?
I
Brescia
LV
Riga
Riga Museum of History and Navigation
6
64
1170
Pardessus
Guillaume
Barbey
1745
F
Paris
USA
New York, NY
Private Collection
6
32.5
31.9
1171
Bass
Daniel Adalbert
Waldter
1695
CZ
Postoloprty
CZ
Prague
Czech Museum of Music (division of Narodni Muzeum)
-4
70
74.5
1172
Bass
Jonas
Heringer
1641
D
Füssen
A
Vienna
Technisches Museum
-4
61
68.5
1173
Treble
William
Turner
1647
GB
London
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
40.7
42.4
1174
Treble ?
17..
D
Munich
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
5
36.1
36.7
1175
Treble ?
Leonhard
Maussiell
1720
D
Nuremberg
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
5
41
37.3
1176
Treble ?
1730 C
D
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
5
37.5
41.0?
1177
Pardessus
F ?
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
32.2
32.3
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