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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
1489
Bass
Johannes Georg
Mothe
1726
S
Engelholm
Private Collection
-4
63.4
56
1490
Pardessus
Hilaire
Darche
1911
B
Brussels
USA
Ann Arbor, MI
Stearns Collection, University of Mich.
5
34.7
1491
Bass
Hilaire
Darche
1912
B
Brussels
6
1492
Bass
16..
GB
D
Hamburg
Private Collection
6
67
1493
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1672
D
Hamburg
D
Wuppertal
Private Collection
6
69.3
68.8
1494
Violone
Ignaz (II)
Hoffmann
1771
D
Wölfelsdorf
PL
Czestochowa
Jasnogorska Fundacja “Pro Patria - Bastion sw. Rocha”
090.0?
1495
Pardessus
Guillaume
Barbey
1744
F
Paris
GB
London
Private Collection
6
32.5
32
1496
Treble ?
D
CH
Winterthur
Private Collection
5
36.4
36.3
1497
Quinton
Louis
Guersan ?
1732 ?
F
Paris
5
1498
Pardessus
François
Vaillant
1721
F
Paris
USA
Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts
-10
32
32
1499
Bass
GB
GB
Cardiff
Private Collection
7
1500
Pardessus
5
1501
Treble
P
Lisbon
Museu da MĂșsica (formerly Conservatorio Nacional)
5
33
1502
Tenor
Hanns
Khögl
1676
A
Vienna
A
KremsmĂŒnster
Stift KremsmĂŒnster
6
48.4
46.4
1503
Bass
Hanns
Khögl
1674
A
Vienna
A
KremsmĂŒnster
Stift KremsmĂŒnster
7
69
69.5
1504
Bass
Hanns
Khögl
167
A
Vienna
D
Hamburg
Private Collection
67.5
1505
Bass
Mathias
Alban
A
Bozen
D
Winkelsett
Private Collection
7
69.6
69.4
1507
Bass
Antonio
Stradivari
1684
I
Cremona
Private Collection
-4
76.7
1508
Bass
Barak
Norman
1715
GB
London
USA
New York, NY
Private Collection
6
65.8
65.4
1509
Bass
16..
F
Paris
Private Collection
6
68.3
1510
Bass
D
USA
Boston, MA
Museum of Fine Arts
-4
69.3
66.4
1511
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1754
F
Paris
USA
New York, NY
Private Collection
5
32.3
31.8
1512
Pardessus
Nicolas
Chappuy
F
Mirecourt
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5
32.6
1513
Pardessus
François
Gavinies
1753
F
Paris
F
Bellenaves
Private Collection
5
33.5
31.4
1514
Quinton
Nicolas
Chappuy
17..
F
Mirecourt
F
Bellenaves
Private Collection
5
36
32.4
1515
Quinton
Feyzeau
1761
F
Bordeaux
CH
Basel
Private Collection
5
35.3
32
1516
Quinton
Nicolas
Chappuy
17..
F
Mirecourt
5
1517
Quinton
Nicolas
Chappuy
17..
F
Mirecourt
5
1518
Tenor ?
BR
Rio di Janeiro
Private Collection
6
51
54
1519
Bass
Thomas
Allred
1635
GB
London
CH
Private Collection
6
75.2
69.5
1520
Bass
Juan
Matabosch
1778
E
Barcelona
E
Barcelona
Savall, Jordi
6
68.5
66.5
1521
Treble
16.. ?
GB
GB
Oxford
Private Collection
6
37.3
36.3
1522
Pardessus
Romain
Chéron
170
F
Paris
F
Paris
Private Collection
6
32.2
33
1523
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1763
F
Paris
F
Paris
Private Collection
5
34.1
31?
1524
Bass
François ?
Lupot
17..
F
F
Paris
Private Collection
7
67.2
67.5
1525
Bass
William
Turner
1653
GB
London
F
Paris
Private Collection
6
72.7
64.7
1526
Bass
F
Paris
Private Collection
7
68.5
66
1527
Quinton
Jean
Colin
17..
F
Mirecourt
5
36.8
1528
Bass
Karl Joseph
Hellmer
CZ
Prague
6
71.2
1529
Bass
Pellegrino
Micheli
1570 C ?
I
Brescia
I
Isolabella
Private Collection
6
59.6
74
1530
Bass
Matthias
Hummel
1714
D
Nuremberg
D
Nuremberg
Germanisches Nationalmuseum
-4
67.8
65.3
1532
Bass
Pietro
Guarneri
1700 C
I
Mantua
A
Vienna
Våzquez, José [heirs]
6
77.5
80.7
1533
Pardessus
F
USA
Annapolis, MD
Private Collection
6
32
29.2
1534
Treble ?
Rudolph
Höss
1696
D
Munich
A
Vienna
Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
-4
45
38.8
1535
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1740
F
Paris
CH
Geneva
Fondation La Ménestrandie
5
33.5
31.3
1536
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1755
F
Paris
CH
Geneva
Fondation La Ménestrandie
5
32.5
31
1537
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1747
F
Paris
CH
Geneva
Fondation La Ménestrandie
5
33.6
32.5
1538
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1751
F
Paris
CH
Geneva
Fondation La Ménestrandie
5
33.4
31
1539
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1761
F
Paris
CH
Geneva
Fondation La Ménestrandie
5
33.5
31.5
1540
Pardessus
Nicolas
Bertrand
1712
F
Paris
CH
Geneva
Fondation La Ménestrandie
6
32
31.5
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