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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
1642
Quinton
Nicolas
Chappuy
17..
F
Mirecourt
5
1643
Quinton
Nicolas
Chappuy
17..
F
Mirecourt
F
Lorry les Metz
Private Collection
5
1644
Quinton ?
Jean-Mathias
Wolters
1749
F
Paris
5 ?
1645
Quinton
17..
F
Paris
-4
1646
Quinton
Jules ??
Colin ?
1770 C
F
Vosges ?
-4
35
1647
Quinton
17.6
B ?
D
Bad Homburg
Private Collection
5
34.5
31.5
1648
Pardessus
Pierre
Le Pilleur
1755
F
Paris
CDN
Granby, PQ
Private Collection
5
33.3
32.5
1649
Pardessus
Jean
Louvet
1761
F
Paris
F
Saint-Chartier (Indre)
Private Collection
5
33
31.5
1650
Treble
Nicolas
Bertrand
1685
F
Paris
F
Nice
Private Collection
6
36.6
36.2
1652
Bass
18..
F
Mirecourt ?
F
Private Collection
6
69.3
67
1653
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1762
F
Paris
F
Niort
5
32.3
31
1654
Quinton
Nicolas
Harmand
17..
F
Mirecourt
CH
Basel
Private Collection
5
35.2
35.2
1655
Pardessus ?
François
Gavinies
1750
F
Paris
5
1656
Pardessus
17..
F
5
1657
Bass
Martin
Hoffmann ?
D
Leipzig
D
Munich
Private Collection
6
65.3
1658
Bass
Johann Christian
Hoffmann
1730
D
Leipzig
D
Gera
Theater und Philharmonie Thüringen
6
60.2
62.7
1659
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1747
F
Paris
B
Private Collection
6
31.8
1660
Tenor
1740 C
B
USA
Oberlin, OH
Caldwell, Catharina Meints
6
62.7
56.5
1661
Bass
1774 ?
CZ
Holleschau
D
Freyburg (Unstrut)
Private Collection
7
75.8
74.1
1662
Quinton
J. B. D.
Salomon
F
Paris
B
Brussels
Musée des instruments de musique
5+6
35.3
32.5
1663
Bass
16..
GB
USA
California
Private Collection
6
70.5
69.2
1665
Bass
Samuel
Gilkes
1812
GB
London
D
Freyburg (Unstrut)
Private Collection
7
67.5
72.1
1666
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1754
F
Paris
USA
Brooklyn, NY
Private Collection
5
1667
Treble
Johann Christian
Hoffmann
1740 C
D
Leipzig
D
Leipzig
Bach-Archiv
-4
40.3
36.6
1668
Pardessus
Benoist
Fleury
1751
F
Paris
D
Berlin
Private Collection
5
33.1
31.6
1669
Treble ?
Sebastian
Mayr
1728
D
Munich
NL
Amsterdam
Rijksmuseum
-4
39
1670
Treble ?
Leonhard
Maussiell
17..
D
Nuremberg
CH
Winterthur
Private Collection
6
38
38.6
1671
Treble ?
Leonhard
Maussiell
1718
D
Nuremberg
D
Weimar ?
Private Collection
6
33.9
1672
Bass
1680 C
NL
Deventer
Private Collection
7
77
1673
Treble ?
[Johann] Michael
Alban
1717
A
Graz
I
Verona
Private Collection
6
39.5
1674
Violone
17..
I
I
Verona
Private Collection
6
84
1675
Pardessus
Jean
Louvet
1749
F
Paris
5
1676
Bass
Jakob
Weiss
1733
A
Salzburg
D
Freyburg (Unstrut)
Private Collection
7
73.7
73.1
1677
Pardessus
Hilaire
Darche
1919
B
Brussels
B
Liège
Conservatoire royal de Liège
5
34
31.6
1678
Bass
Hilaire
Darche
1919
B
Brussels
B
Liège
Conservatoire royal de Liège
6+12
68.5
66
1679
Violone
Hilaire
Darche
1919
B
Brussels
B
Liège
Conservatoire royal de Liège
6
102
99
1680
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1750 C
F
Paris
5
1681
Pardessus
Feyzeau
1750 C
F
Bordeaux
B
Loupoigne
Private Collection
6
1683
Quinton
Nicolas
Harmand
17..
F
Mirecourt
D
Grenzach-Whylen
Private Collection
5
1684
Quinton
Nicolas
Harmand
17..
F
Mirecourt
Private Collection
5
1685
Pardessus
Joseph
Miraucourt
1743
F
Verdun
Private Collection
6
1686
Bass
William
Turner
1650 C
GB
London
AUS
Kew, Victoria
Private Collection
-4
77.5
83
1687
Pardessus
17..
F
Paris
F
Millau
Private Collection
5
32.9
32
1688
Bass
Joannes
Jauck
1735
A
Graz
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
69.2
69.6?
1689
Quinton
Nicolas
Harmand
17..
F
Mirecourt
USA
New York, NY
Private Collection
5
35.9
1691
Bass
Louis
Pierrard
1896
B
Brussels
D
Leipzig
Universität Leipzig
7+7
72.5
1692
Quinton
J. B. D.
Salomon
1750 C
F
Paris
F
Reims
Private Collection
5
1693
Treble ?
Andreas
Jais
1727
D
Tölz
USA
San Diego, CA
Private Collection
-4
40.3
1694
Bass
18..
F
Paris
Private Collection
6
75
73.5
1695
Bass
N
Oslo
Norsk Folkemuseum
-4
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