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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
1541
Pardessus
Jean
Colin
1761 ?
F
Mirecourt
CH
Geneva
Fondation La Ménestrandie
5
33
30
1542
Bass
F
Paris
CH
Geneva
Fondation La Ménestrandie
7
72
69
1543
Bass
Marcin
Groblicz
PL
Krakow
CH
Geneva
Fondation La Ménestrandie
6
70
69
1544
Treble ?
Rudolph
Höss
1676
D
Munich
CH
Geneva
Musée d’art et d’histoire
6
37.9
34.5 ?
1545
Treble ?
Leopold
Widhalm ?
D
Nuremberg
CH
Geneva
Musée d’art et d’histoire
5
36.3
32.8
1546
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1763
F
Paris
CH
Geneva
Musée d’art et d’histoire
5
33.5
32
1547
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1751
F
Paris
CH
Geneva
Musée d’art et d’histoire
5
33
31.5
1548
Quinton
Mathurin François
Remy
1755
F
Paris
USA
New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5+6
35.2
1549
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1697
D
Hamburg
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
-4
64
68
1550
Violone
Mathias
Klotz
1715
D
Mittenwald
F
Paris
Private Collection
6
83.2
80.6
1551
Bass
Barthélémy
Vaillan
1662
F
Marseilles
1552
Bass
Ambroise
De Comble
1770 C
B
Tournai
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
7
73
70.3
1553
Bass
Auguste
Tolbecque
1898
F
Niort
F
Niort
Musée Bernard d'Agesci
6
1554
Bass
Auguste
Tolbecque
1900 C
F
Niort
F
Niort
Musée Bernard d'Agesci
6
78.5
76
1555
Pardessus
17..
F
F
Mirecourt
Musée de la lutherie
5
1556
Bass
GB
J
Tokyo
Private Collection
6
69.5
71.5
1557
Bass
J
Tokyo
Musashino Academia Musicae, Museum of Musical Instruments
6
74
68.5
1558
Quinton
J. B. D.
Salomon
1753
F
Paris
NL
Deventer
Private Collection
5
35.3
32.7
1559
Quinton
J. B. D.
Salomon
1750 C
F
Paris
5
36.8
1560
Bass
17..
F ?
6
1561
Bass
CH
Basel
Private Collection
6
68.5
66.6
1562
Bass
Michael
Wancke
1699
PL
Danzig
GB
London
Private Collection
6
66.2
66?
1563
Bass
Johann Christian
Hoffmann
D
Leipzig
D
Potsdam
Private Collection
6
63.6
61.2
1564
Bass
Samuel
Gilkes
1826
GB
London
D
Freyburg (Unstrut)
Private Collection
6
57
63.6
1565
Bass
GB
CH
Samstagern
Private Collection
7
76.7
69.8
1566
Bass
Barak
Norman
1709
GB
London
CH
Samstagern
Private Collection
6
68.5
1567
Bass
Johann Casper
Göbler
1784
D
Breslau
D
Freyburg (Unstrut)
Private Collection
7
65.8
72.2
1568
Bass
Matthias
Hummel
D
Nuremberg
D
Mittenwald
Geigenbaumuseum
-4
68.8
1569
Bass
Hilaire (Ainé)
Darche
1890
B
Brussels
6+11
1570
Quinton
17..
F
Mirecourt
5
1571
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan ?
17..
F
Paris
5
1572
Bass
Henry
Francais
1902
F
Paris
7+7 ?
1573
Bass
1900 C
F
Mirecourt
7+7 ?
1574
Bass
D
D
D, Blankenburg/Harz
Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein
6
65
65.5
1575
Bass
B
Private Collection
6
69.7
67?
1576
Bass
Emile
Laurent
1910
B
Brussels
N
Trondheim
Ringve Museum
6+12
72.8
68.3
1577
Pardessus
Emile
Laurent
1910
B
Brussels
N
Trondheim
Ringve Museum
5
33
32
1578
Bass
17..
I
F
Paris
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
-4
1579
Bass
F
Paris
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
6
1580
Bass
17..
CH
Zurich
Private Collection
6
62.5
66.5
1581
Pardessus
Simon
Gilbert
17..
F
Paris
I
Milan
Private Collection
5
34
29.6
1582
Bass
GB
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
7
68.7
1583
Bass
Georg
Aman
17..
D
Augsburg
NL
Utrecht
Private Collection
6
69.8
69.3
1584
Bass
17..
D
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
7
69.2
64
1585
Treble
17..
D
BerlinBerlin
Private Collection
6
41.5
39
1586
Bass
Raffaele & Antonio
Gagliano
18..
I
Naples
I
Verona
Private Collection
7
66
1587
Bass
1860 C
F
Mirecourt ?
6
69.3
66.5
1588
Quinton
Nicolas
Chappuy
1750 C
F
Mirecourt
E
Barcelona
Savall, Jordi
6
1589
Pardessus
Nicolas
Chappuy
1750 C
F
Mirecourt
E
Barcelona
Savall, Jordi
5
1590
Quinton
Nicolas
Chappuy
17..
F
Paris
USA
New Haven, CT
Yale University
5
37.5
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