Viola da Gamba Society of America

1580 C

Tenor

Gasparo da Salo

Bertolotti

# of Strings:

(4)

Place Made:

I, Brescia

Body Shape:

Guitar

Current Location:

A, Vienna

Sound Holes:

F

Collection:

Kunsthistorisches Museum

Head:

Scroll

Catalog Number:

SAM 68 (Schlosser: C73)

Label Text:

Gaspar da Salò in Brescia [printed]

Measurements:

String Length:

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Total Length:

95

Body Length:

53.5

Upper Width:

23.5

Rib Depth:

9.5

Middle Width:

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Bottom Width:

29.5

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:

Mucchi 1940, p. 203; Schlosser 1920, p. 63

Mucchi 1940, pl. XXXIII (front); Schlosser 1920, pl. XVII (front)

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Tourin: overhanging edges. Schlosser 1920: scroll probably a replacement. Double purfling, inlaid fingerboard.