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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
1284
Bass
Jacob
Stainer
1679
A
Absam
A
Krieglach
Private Collection
7
69.7
1285
Bass
Gasparo da Salo
Bertolotti ?
1580 C ?
I
Brescia
A
Krieglach
Private Collection
6
71.5
1286
Violone
1610 C
A
Krieglach
Private Collection
6
1287
Violone
Zantino
Martelozio
1722
I
Crema
A
Krieglach
Private Collection
6
1288
Pardessus
1740 C
F
Paris ?
GB
Manchester
Royal Northern College of Music
-4
32.5
1289
Bass
17..
A
7
72.4
67.5
1290
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1755
F
Paris
5
34.5
1291
Bass
John
Shaw
1688
GB
London
CH
Basel
Private Collection
6
70.2
67.2
1292
Quinton
Pierre François
Grosset
1750
F
Paris
S
Stockholm
Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Fraemjande
5
36.6
32
1293
Tenor
I ?
S
Stockholm
Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Fraemjande
6
60
53.5
1294
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1751
F
Paris
S
Stockholm
Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Fraemjande
5
32.2
31.5
1295
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1754
F
Paris
S
Stockholm
Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Fraemjande
5
32.5
31.7
1296
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1719
D
Hamburg
S
Stockholm
Stiftelsen Musikkulturens Fraemjande
6
67.5
68
1297
Bass
Thomas
Cole
1674
GB
London
GB
London
Private Collection
6
64.7
65.4
1298
Bass
GB
CDN
Toronto, ON
Private Collection
6
68.5
67.3
1299
Bass
Ventura
Linarol
1591
I
Venice
GB
Sevenoaks
Private Collection
74.5
1300
Bass
Edward
Lewis
1684
GB
London
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
71.7
70.8
1301
Pardessus
Nicolas
Desrousseaux
1753
F
Verdun
5
33.7
30.5
1302
Pardessus
Andrea
Castagneri
1739
F
Paris
GB
London
Private Collection
6
34
32.2
1303
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1761
F
Paris
5
32.3
30
1304
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan ?
1747
F
Paris
5
32.9
31.9
1305
Treble
Henry
Jaye
16..
GB
London (Southwark)
GB
Winchester
Private Collection
6
40.5
39
1306
Bass
Hendrik
Jacobs
1680 C
NL
Amsterdam
FIN
Helsinki
Private Collection
6
64.6
67.8
1307
Bass
1720 C
D
Halle
Private Collection
7
60.3
69.5
1308
Bass
Martin
Hoffmann ?
1700 C
D
Leipzig
CH
Zurich
Private Collection
7
67.5
69.5
1309
Bass
George
Miller ?
1670 C
GB
London
GB
Guildford
Private Collection
6
62.9
69.9
1310
Bass
Hendrik
Jacobs
1680 C
NL
Amsterdam
CDN
Toronto, ON
Private Collection
6
66.7
69.4
1311
Bass
1700 C
A
D
Stuttgart
Private Collection
6
66
65.5
1312
Bass
Antonio
Stradivari
1690 C
I
Cremona
USA
California
Private Collection
-4
73.4
1313
Treble
F
EIRE
Glenfarriff, Co. Cork
Private Collection
6
35.2
34.6
1314
Treble
George
Gill
16..
GB
GB
London
Horniman Museum
-4
31.2
1315
Treble
16..
GB
GB
Bohortha, Cornwall
Private Collection
6
38.3
36.7
1316
Treble
16..
GB
London
GB
Haslemere
Private Collection
6
42
41.4
1317
Bass
Richard
Meares
1679
GB
London
CH
Samstagern
Private Collection
71.5
1318
Treble
1610 C
GB
DK
Copenhagen
Danish Music Museum
(7+7)
43.3
1319
Pardessus
Benoist
Fleury
17..
F
Paris
GB
London
Horniman Museum
5
33.3
31.5
1320
Treble
Henry
Jaye
16..
GB
London (Southwark)
F
Paris
Private Collection
6
39.9
40.7
1321
Bass
Claude
Boivin
1740 C
F
Paris
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
66.8
67.1
1322
Bass
William
Turner
1650 C
GB
London
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
73
74
1323
Treble ?
1730 C
D
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
1324
Treble
Henry
Jaye
16..
GB
London (Southwark)
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
39.1
40
1325
Treble ?
Andreas
Jais
1745
D
Tölz
NL
Deventer
Private Collection
5
1327
Pardessus
F
F
Grenoble
Private Collection
5
33
30
1328
Quinton
Michel
Pacherel
17..
F
Mirecourt
USA
Private Collection
5
1329
Bass
William
Cross
16..
GB
Oxford
GB
London
City University
6
70.5
1330
Bass
1730 C
I
Florence
USA
Brooklyn, NY
Private Collection
6
69.8
69.1
1331
Violone
1700 C
CZ
USA
Brooklyn, NY
Private Collection
6
86
76.7
1332
Treble ?
Antony
Posch
1709
A
Vienna
USA
Ashland, OR
Southern Oregon University
6
37.5
33.8
1333
Bass
Edward
Lewis
1685 C
GB
London
NL
Amsterdam
Private Collection
6
74.5
71.5
1334
Bass
Barak
Norman
GB
London
F
Rennes
Musée des Beaux-Arts
-4
61
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