Viola da Gamba Society of America

1580 C

Bass

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 69 (Schlosser: C74)

Label Text:

Gaspar da Salò in Brescia [printed]

Measurements:

String Length:

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Total Length:

108

Body Length:

63

Upper Width:

28

Rib Depth:

12.3

Middle Width:

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Bottom Width:

34

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, double purfling. Schlosser: probably converted to cello in 18th C.; inlaid fingerboard.