Viola da Gamba Society of America

1580 C

Tenor

Gasparo da Salo

Bertolotti

# of Strings:

6

Place Made:

I, Brescia

Body Shape:

Guitar

Current Location:

A, Vienna

Sound Holes:

F

Collection:

Kunsthistorisches Museum

Head:

Open scroll

Catalog Number:

SAM 67 (Schlosser: C72)

Label Text:

Gaspar da Salò in Brescia [printed]

Measurements:

Body Length:

51

String Length:

48.5? 52.7

Rib Depth:

6

Upper Width:

Middle Width:

Bottom Width:

18.5

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21.5

Previous Owner:

Este Collection, Castle Catajo, near Padua, -1908 (probably since mid-17th C.)

Information Source:

PT visits 6/77 & 9/78

Literature:

Photographs:

Recordings:

Auctions:

Comments:

Witten 1975, pp. 18-19; Mucchi 1940, p. 203; Schlosser 1920, p. 63

Baines 1966, pl. 83 (front); Mucchi 1940, pl. XXXIII (front); Schlosser 1920, pl. XVI (front; wrongly identified as C71 = SAM 66)

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Heyde 1986: “Diskant-Viola da Gamba mit einem Zettel von Gasparo da Salò....” Schlosser 1920: Gasparo da Salo, treble. (Witten 1975: “has the wrong label today, and is clearly by Antonio Cicilian” but this comment probably based on misidentified photo in Schlosser.) Baines 1966: body length 48. (TGM: much narrower body than SAM 68-69; proportions more like DOLM 1 with “Hanns Vohar” label.)