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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
1335
Tenor
Matheus
Epp
1669
D
Strassburg
F
Strasbourg
Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Palais Rohan)
5
58
58.5
1336
Quinton
Nicolas
Jomier ?
17..
F
Mirecourt
F
Angers
Musée d’Angers
5
37.5
33
1337
Bass
Hans-Caspar
Wolff
1697
F
Strasbourg
F
Strasbourg
Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Palais Rohan)
6
1338
Bass
Valler
1679
F
Aix en Provence
F
Marseille
Musée Grobet-Labadié
6
70.5
70.1
1339
Pardessus
Barthélémy
Vaillant
1704
F
Marseille
F
Marseille
Musée Grobet-Labadié
6
32.8
28.3
1340
Pardessus
Claudin
Le Jeune
1745
F
Mirecourt
F
Angers
Musée d’Angers
6
30.6
1341
Bass
Auguste
Tolbecque
1899
F
Niort
F
Niort
Musée Bernard d'Agesci
6
74.5
1342
Treble ?
17..
A
F
Bordeaux
Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Bordeaux
8
35
1343
Quinton
17..
F
F
Lille
Musée Régional de l’Hospice Comtesse, Collection J. & P. Hel
5
35
32.6
1344
Bass
Marcin
Groblicz
1720
PL
Krakow
D
Düsseldorf
Private Collection
6
69.3
1345
Bass
Pierre
Malahar
1698
F
Bordeaux
F
Aix en Provence
Conservatoire Darius Milhaud
7
69
71
1346
Bass
F
F
Private Collection
7
65.4
67.3
1347
Pardessus
Antoine
Saint-Paul
1772
F
Paris
I
Laveno Monbello
Private Collection
5
1348
Bass
Nicolas
Bertrand
1706
F
Paris
E
Barcelona
Private Collection
7
1349
Bass
Gregor
Karpp
1700 C
D
Königsberg
CH
Zurich
Private Collection
6
69.5
68.0?
1350
Bass
17..
D ?
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
7
69.8
67.1
1351
Bass
Pieter [Fransz.]
Bochs
1625
NL
Amsterdam
NL
Private Collection
6
69.7
1352
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1768
F
Paris
NL
Culemborg
Private Collection
5
1353
Bass
Simon
Bongard
1655
F
F
Private Collection
7
67
69.2
1354
Bass
GB
F
Private Collection
6
70
68
1355
Bass
Michael
Bochem
1720
D
Breslau
F
Private Collection
6
66.5
64
1356
Pardessus
Michel
Collichon
1686
F
Paris
USA
Asheville, NC
Private Collection
6
33.2
35.5
1357
Tenor
Antonio
Ciciliano
1540 C ?
I
Venice
I
Rome
Museo Strumentale dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
-4
49.4
46.6?
1358
Bass
18..
F
1359
Quinton
1780 C
F
Paris
5
1360
Quinton
Feyzeau
1760
F
Bordeaux
5
1361
Tenor
1700 C
CZ
Prague
D
Wuppertal
Private Collection
6
56
54
1363
Bass
B ?
USA
San Diego, CA
Private Collection
7
80
70.6
1364
Treble ?
Johannes
Schorn
1711
A
Salzburg
USA
Ashland, OR
Southern Oregon University
6
37.4
31.5
1365
Bass
16..
F
CH
Basel
Private Collection
7
69.2
69.5
1366
Bass
Claude
Boivin
1734
F
Paris
[ex-Universität Leipzig]
7+7
68.5
1367
Quinton
François ?
Nicholas
17..
F
Mirecourt
-4
1368
Bass
Martin
Hoffmann ?
1687
D
Leipzig
S
Private Collection
6
65
67.5
1369
Bass
Johannes Georg
Mothe
1735 C
S
Engelholm
USA
Brooklyn, NY
Private Collection
6
69.5
64.9
1370
Bass
Arwitt
Rönnegren
1724
S
Kattarp
S
Malmö
Private Collection
6
64.6
1371
Bass
Jonas
Elg
1718
S
Stockholm
S
Private Collection
7
71.2
69.5
1372
Bass
Barak
Norman
1722
GB
London
D
Bremen
Private Collection
6
65
66
1373
Bass
Petter
Hellstedt
1750
S
Stockholm
S
Private Collection
6
70
66.5
1374
Bass
1700 C
D
Halle
Händel-Haus
6
67
57
1375
Treble ?
17..
D
D
Halle
Händel-Haus
6
36
33.5
1376
Treble ?
Rudolph
Höss
1723 ?
D
Munich
D
Halle
Händel-Haus
5
39.5
36
1377
Bass
17..
GB
F
Vincennes
Private Collection
6
65.7
69.5
1378
Bass
Jacob
Meinertzen
1701
D
Berlin
D
Private Collection
6
67.5
63
1379
Bass ?
Joachim
Tielke
1687
D
Hamburg
GB
London
Horniman Museum
-4
66.2
1380
Treble ?
Peter
Wamsley ?
1730 C
GB
London
GB
Canterbury
Private Collection
6
38.9
39.7
1381
Treble
16..
GB
GB
Glasgow
Private Collection
6
38.3
36.1
1382
Bass
Thomas
Howell
1839
GB
Bristol
GB
Glasgow
Private Collection
6
69.5
70.7
1383
Treble
1700 C
GB
Glasgow
Private Collection
6
36.3
36.7
1384
Bass
Paul
Alletsee ?
17..
D
Munich ?
A
Vienna
Private Collection
6
68.8
69.5
1385
Quinton
J. B. D.
Salomon
17..
F
Paris
-4
36
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