Viola da Gamba Society of America
Online Database of Historical Viols
Detail
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
NL
Amsterdam
Pieter
Rombouts
Date:
1724
Label Text:
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
A
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Vázquez, José [heirs]
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
166
Head:
Devil
Private Owner:
Yes
Previous Owner:
Susanne Bosshard, Winterthur; Harro Schmidt, Hamburg
Measurements:
Body Length:
65.5
String Length:
Rib Depth:
13.5
Upper Width:
31
Middle Width:
22.5
Bottom Width:
36
Information Source:
L. Piccini to TGM, 3/21; Vázquez to TGM, 3/19
Literature:
Photographs:
Vázquez website (F+B body only, head 3/4, bass C-hole [color])
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Whalebone purfling. Head not original. Dimensions from L. Piccini; back widths 30/22/36.