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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
1439
Bass
Carlo Antonio
Testore
1716 ?
I
Milan
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
71.5
75
1440
Bass ?
Pietro
Zenatto ?
1680 C ?
I
Treviso ?
I
Modena
Museo Civico
-4
1441
Bass
17..
D
Private Collection
7
66.5
1442
Treble
Ignaz (I)
Hoffmann
1748
D
Wölfelsdorf
PL
Poznan
Muzeum Narodowe
38.5
1443
Treble ?
17..
D
Königsberg ?
PL
Krakow
Muzeum Narodowe
6
35.7
1444
Bass
Marcin
Groblicz
1720 C
PL
Krakow
PL
Krakow
Muzeum Narodowe
-4
70
1445
Bass
Johann Heinrich
Ruppert
17..
D
Erfurt
D
Karlsruhe
Private Collection
7
66.4
66.5
1446
Bass
Johann Heinrich
Ruppert
1729
D
Erfurt
NL
AmsterdamAmsterdam
Private Collection
6
66
67.4
1447
Tenor
Franz
Zacher
1693
D
Ingolstadt
D
Nuremberg
Private Collection
6
50.6
52.5
1448
Bass
Andreas
Jais
1743
D
Tölz
NL
Private Collection
75
1449
Treble ?
Leonhard
Maussiell
1743
D
Nuremberg
D
Nuremberg
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
6
39.9
36.3
1450
Treble ?
Leonhard
Maussiell
1711
D
Nuremberg
CH
6
42.1
1451
Treble ?
Leonhard
Maussiell
1716
D
Nuremberg
D
Nuremberg
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
-4
38.9
36.4
1452
Bass
Thomas
Collingwood
1680
GB
London
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
68.6
68.5
1453
Treble ?
GB
Newbury
Private Collection
5
1454
Tenor ?
GB
Newbury
Private Collection
5
1455
Tenor
Gasparo da Salo
Bertolotti
1580 C ?
I
Brescia
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
61
59.7
1456
Treble
18..
D
GB
London
Royal College of Music
-4
41
37
1457
Bass
D ?
GB
Haslemere
Private Collection
6
73
74?
1458
Bass
Henry
Jaye
1610
GB
London (Southwark)
CDN
Toronto, ON
Royal Ontario Museum
-4
70
69
1459
Bass
7+8
74.5
70.5
1460
Quinton
Nicolas
Chappuy
17..
F
Mirecourt
NL
Amsterdam
Private Collection
-4
35.2
1461
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1755
F
Paris
5
32.2
31.8
1462
Pardessus
F
F
Paris
Musée de la musique
6
31.2
1463
Pardessus
François
Gavinies
1749
F
Paris
F
Paris
Musée de la musique
6+5 ?
34.6
32?
1464
Treble
18..
F
Paris
Musée de la musique
6
35 ±
1465
Bass
17..
F
F
Paris
Musée de la musique
6
1466
Tenor
Hieronymus
Brensius
1600 C
I
Bologna
A
Vienna
Kunsthistorisches Museum
6
47.3
49
1467
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1753
F
Paris
A
Vienna
Kunsthistorisches Museum
-4
32.8
31.3
1468
Bass
Michael
Heim
1695
A
Vienna
A
Vienna
Private Collection
6
65.9
66.3
1469
Treble ?
A
Vienna
Private Collection
5
38.4
36
1470
Bass
A
Vienna
Private Collection
6
70.2
68.5
1471
Bass
Leopold
Widhalm
1789
D
Nuremberg
D
Private Collection
6
67.9
1472
Treble ?
Johannes Udalricus
Eberle
1729
CZ
Prague
CDN
Toronto, ON
Royal Ontario Museum
-4
42.2
1473
Bass
Laberte - Humbert Frères
1914
F
Mirecourt
6
1474
Quinton
Jean-Sebastien
Bourdot
1759
F
Mirecourt
F
Lorry les Metz
Private Collection
5
1475
Quinton
Andrea
Castagneri
1733
F
Paris
F
Niort
Musée Bernard d'Agesci
5
35.3
1476
Quinton
Augustin
Chappuy
1753
F
Paris
5
1477
Quinton
Andrea
Castagneri
1743
F
Paris
(4+6)
35.8
1478
Quinton
J. B. D.
Salomon
1754
F
Paris
B
Brussels
Musée des instruments de musique
5+5
35.4
32.5
1479
Quinton ?
J. B. D.
Salomon
17..
F
Paris
J
Osaka
Osaka College of Music
(4+4)
35.3
1480
Quinton ?
J. B. D.
Salomon ?
17..
F
Paris
F
Paris
Private Collection
5
1481
Bass
D
Munich
Private Collection
6
1482
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1680 C
D
Hamburg
D
Potsdam
Private Collection
7
72.2
72.2
1483
Bass
Thomas
Edlinger
1672
D
Augsburg
D
Munich
Private Collection
6
66
1484
Bass
D
GB
Brighton
Brighton City Museum
8
72.5
1485
Bass
D
GB
Brighton
Brighton City Museum
6
69.3
68
1486
Pardessus
Jean
Ouvrard
1742
F
Paris
GB
Brighton
Brighton City Museum
5
34.4
32
1487
Treble
F ?
PL
Poznan
Muzeum Narodowe
35.9
1488
Bass
Johannes Georg
Mothe
S
Engelholm
D
Hamburg
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
7
64.7
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