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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
1696
Quinton
1750 C
F
USA
Philadelphia, PA
Private Collection
5
37.6
32.4
1698
Bass
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
7
72.8
74.8
1699
Bass
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
73.7
69.5
1700
Treble
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
5
40
42.3
1701
Tenor
1700 C
I
Naples
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
50.7
55
1704
Bass
Jacob
Stainer
1658
A
Absam
D
Private Collection
6
71.5
1705
Bass
Jacob
Stainer
1658
A
Absam
A
Vienna
Private Collection
6
1706
Pardessus
François
Gavinies
1752
F
Paris
S
Gothenburg
Private Collection
5
33.7
32.1
1707
Bass
17..
D
RUS
Moscow
Glinka Museum of Musical Culture
6
67.2
1708
Quinton
17..
RUS
Moscow
Glinka Museum of Musical Culture
5
38.4
1710
Bass
Pieter
Rombouts
1724
NL
Amsterdam
A
Vienna
Vázquez, José [heirs]
6
65.5
1711
Bass ?
Auguste
Tolbecque
1898 C
F
Niort
F
Niort
Musée Bernard d'Agesci
15
74
78
1712
Bass
Johann Paul
Schorn
1709
A
Salzburg
D
Freyburg (Unstrut)
Private Collection
6
71.3
69.9
1713
Bass
Gregori Ferdinand
Wenger
D
Augsburg
E
Barcelona
Private Collection
6
69
69.5
1715
Bass
Barak
Norman
1702
GB
London
AR
Buenos Aires
Museo Fernández Blanco
6
60.9
60
1716
Treble
Barak
Norman
1720 C
GB
London
GB
Ramshead
Private Collection
-4
40.8
1717
Treble
GB
GB
Ramshead
Private Collection
-4
38
1718
Bass
Nicolo
Amati
1630 C
I
Cremona
MX
Mexico City
Academia de Arte de Florencia
-4
74.1
1719
Bass
Jacob
Stainer
1660 C
A
Absam
CZ
Private Collection
70.5
1720
Bass
François
Lejeune
1766
F
Paris
F
Private Collection
6
1721
Treble ?
1700 C
D
CDN
Toronto
Private Collection
5
38.5
39
1723
Pardessus
Nicolas
Desrousseaux
1733
F
Verdun
Oman
Muscat
Royal Opera House
5
1724
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1764
F
Paris
USA
Montclair, NJ
Private Collection
5
32.5
32.4
1725
Bass
Josef [Anton]
Laske
1799
CZ
Prague
NL
Amsterdam
Private Collection
6
69.2
62.5
1726
Bass
18..
4+6
75
69
1727
Quinton
François
Feury
1756
F
Paris
5
1728
Quinton
17..
F
5
1729
Pardessus
16.. ?
I ?
5
30
1730
Quinton
Andrea
Castagneri
1743
F
Paris
5
1731
Pardessus
6
35
31
1732
Tenor
I
D
Ellerhoop
Private Collection
6
55
52
1733
Bass
Private Collection
6
69
1734
Bass
GB
London
GB
Ramsgate
Private Collection
6
1735
Bass
USA
New Haven, CT
Yale University
4
63.7
1736
Bass
18.. ?
B ?
USA
New Haven, CT
Yale University
7+12
68.5
67.4
1737
Pardessus
Joseph
Miraucourt
1751
F
JAmetz
USA
Seattle
Private Collection
5
31
31.7
1738
Quinton
Nicolas
Harmand
17..
F
Mirecourt
I
Palermo
Private Collection
5
35
1739
Bass
18..
6+6
67.8
67.2
1740
Bass
D
Bamberg
Private Collection
6
64.5
64.7
1742
Bass
Ventura
Linarol
1585
I
Padua
I
Rome
Museo Nazionale degli strumenti musicali
-4
77.5
1743
Bass
1700 C
F ?
6
68
70
1744
Pardessus
René
Champion
F
Paris
6
31.8
31.5
1745
Quinton
17..
F
USA
Astoria, Oregon
Private Collection
5
34.4
31
1746
Quinton
17..
F
USA
Astoria, Oregon
Private Collection
-4
33.9
1747
Bass
D
Hamburg
N
Oslo
Norges Musikkhøgskole
-4
61.2
65.5
1748
Bass
Barak
Norman
1686
GB
London
AUS
Bayswater
Private Collection
-4
63.3
66
1749
Bass
Johann
Wurm
1890 C
D
Schönbach
D
Freyburg (Unstrut)
Private Collection
6
1750
Bass
Matteo
Goffriller
1729
I
Venice
D
Freyburg (Unstrut)
Private Collection
7
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