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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
213
Bass
Nicolas
Bertrand
1720 C
F
Paris
USA
Oberlin, OH
Caldwell, Catharina Meints
7
69.1
70.2
214
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1691
D
Hamburg
USA
Oberlin, OH
Caldwell, Catharina Meints
6
65.8
67.7
215
Bass
John
Rose ?
1584
GB
London
USA
Vermillion, SD
National Music Museum
6
71.1
70.5
216
Bass
William
Turner
1650
GB
London
USA
New York, NY
Private Collection
6
67
69.1
217
Bass
D
CH
Basel
Private Collection
6
68.6
71
218
Bass
Johann Joseph
Elsler
1732 ?
D
Mainz
F
Private Collection
6
69.1
69.8
219
Treble ?
Joachim
Tielke
1686
D
Hamburg
USA
Oberlin, OH
Caldwell, Catharina Meints
6
39.4
38.1
220
Treble
William
Turner
1652
GB
London
USA
Oberlin, OH
Caldwell, Catharina Meints
6
40
39.5
221
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan ?
1760 C
F
Paris
USA
Boston, MA
Boston Symphony Orchestra
5
30.3
30.5
222
Bass
16..
GB
USA
Boston, MA
Boston Symphony Orchestra
7
70
67.7
224
Quinton
François
Lejeune
1760
F
Paris
USA
Washington, DC
Library of Congress
5
35.2
33.2
225
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1749
F
Paris
USA
Washington, DC
Library of Congress
5
32.9
226
Bass
Pieter
Rombouts
1700 C
NL
Amsterdam
USA
Washington, DC
Library of Congress
7
64.9
64.4
227
Bass
Barak
Norman
1702
GB
London
USA
New York, NY
Private Collection
6
70
66.3
228
Bass
Christoph
Döring
1667
D
Kassel
D
Nuremberg
Private Collection
6
65.5
65.1?
229
Bass
Hans ?
Vohar ?
15..
I
Venice ?
GB
Haslemere
Private Collection
6
67
68.5
230
Tenor
15..
I
Venice ?
GB
London
Horniman Museum
6
47
48
231
Bass
Jacob
Stainer
1655
A
Absam
GB
Haslemere
Private Collection
7
67.5
69.5
232
Treble
William
Turner
1650 C
GB
London
GB
London
Horniman Museum
6
40.1
40.7
233
Bass
George
Miller
1669
GB
London
GB
London
Horniman Museum
6
62.4
65.7
234
Bass
Barak
Norman
GB
London
USA
New Hampshire
Private Collection
6
67.8
67
235
Bass
Barak
Norman
1696
GB
London
6
67.5
66.5
236
Bass
Barak
Norman
1712
GB
London
GB
London
Private Collection
6
68
65.5
237
Bass
Barak
Norman
1713
GB
London
GB
London
Horniman Museum
6
68
66.5
238
Bass
Barak
Norman
1718
GB
London
USA
Arlington, VA
Private Collection
7
69.1
69.4
239
Bass
Gregor
Karpp
1713 ?
D
Königsberg
6
70
68
240
Treble
16..
GB
NL
Private Collection
6
37.5
35.5
241
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1761
F
Paris
GB
Haslemere
Private Collection
5
32.4
31.7
242
Pardessus
Louis
Guersan
1763
F
Paris
GB
London
Horniman Museum
5
32.4
31.7
243
Pardessus
F
5
31
30.8
244
Violone
Giovanni Paolo
Maggini
1600 C
I
Brescia
GB
London
Horniman Museum
6
96.5
98
245
Bass
Barak
Norman
1696
GB
London
J
Yokohama
Private Collection
6
73
69.5
246
Bass
Jacob Heinrich
Goldt
1741
D
Hamburg
D
Berlin
Private Collection
7
69
68.8
247
Bass
Andreas
Kempter
1750
D
Dillingen
D
Berlin
Private Collection
6
66
67
248
Pardessus
François
Nicolas
1757 ?
F
Mirecourt ?
CH
Basel
Private Collection
6
31.2
30.1
249
Bass
Jakob
Steinberg
1674
D
Weimar
D
Eisenach
Bach-Haus
6
66.5
71.0?
250
Bass
Joachim
Tielke
1685
D
Hamburg
D
Eisenach
Bach-Haus
6
67
251
Bass
Johann Christian
Hoffmann
1725
D
Leipzig
D
Eisenach
Bach-Haus
7
69.3
71
252
Bass
1730 C
D ?
D
Eisenach
Bach-Haus
6
68
66.3?
253
Bass
1725 C
D
D
Eisenach
Bach-Haus
6
68.7
254
Violone
17.. ?
D
Eisenach
Bach-Haus
-4
80.5
255
Bass
1760 C
D
D
Eisenach
Bach-Haus
6
64.5
68.3?
258
Treble ?
Andreas
Jais
1733
D
Tölz
D
Eisenach
Bach-Haus
6
38
259
Treble ?
1740 C
D
D
Eisenach
Bach-Haus
5
35
260
Treble ?
Johann Andreas
Dörffel
1726
D
Klingenthal
D
Eisenach
Bach-Haus
-4
37.5
261
Treble ?
1725 C
A
D
Eisenach
Bach-Haus
5
40.2
36.1
263
Bass
Jacob Heinrich
Goldt
1740
D
Hamburg
D
Baden-Baden
Private Collection
69.2
264
Bass
Gasparo da Salo
Bertolotti
1580 C ?
I
Brescia
I
Florence
Private Collection
6
63.4
265
Treble
John
Strong
1590 C
GB
Somerset ?
USA
Washington, DC
Folger Shakespeare Library
6
42.8
43?
266
Bass
George
Miller
1665 C
GB
London
USA
Washington, DC
Folger Shakespeare Library
6
71.1
70.5?
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