Viola da Gamba Society of America

DHV: 1630 Tourin ID: Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: A Salzburg Andreas Ferdinand Mayr Date: 1749 Label Text: Andreas Ferdinandus Mayr / Hof- Laut- und Geigenmacher / in Salzburg. An. 1749 [printed except 49] Body Shape: Viol Current Location: USA Evanston, IL No. of Strings: 6 Collection: Private Collection Sound Holes: C Catalog Number: Head: Female Private Owner: Yes Previous Owner: Richard & Jeannine Abel, Sewickley, PA, 1974-2012; Havivi Violins, New York Measurements: Body Length: 70.5 String Length: 67.1 Rib Depth: 12.8 Upper Width: 30.8 Middle Width: 24 Bottom Width: 39.7 Information Source: Owner to TGM, 6-9/13; J. Abel to TGM, 6/13 Literature: Photographs: [Unpublished, from owner: FB+SS, FB+SS body only, head FB+S, label (color)] Recordings: Auctions: Comments: “Reconditioned” (J. Abel’s word) in 1981 by W. Monical: new bridge, soundpost, repairs to body and fingerboard; he considered it to be late 18-early 19C work. Has an endpin; diagonal upper end of tailpiece. Back of pegbox is open-carved. C-holes quite vertical and positioned well above lower body corners. Label typography matches Lütgendorff no. 540 and Vannes no. 1501, but seems rather clean for its claimed age.

DHV: 1500 Tourin ID: Size: Pardessus Place Made: Maker: Date: Label Text: Body Shape: Viol Current Location: No. of Strings: 5 Collection: Sound Holes: C Catalog Number: Head: Head Private Owner: Yes? Previous Owner: William Petit, Vincennes (dealer) Measurements: Body Length: String Length: Rib Depth: Upper Width: Middle Width: Bottom Width: Information Source: www.williampetit.com [accessed 5/14/08] Literature: Photographs: On (former) owner’s website, 5/08 (F+B body only, neck and head front [color]) Recordings: Auctions: Comments: Back appears flat in photo; varnish on table blotchy (from heat?); small white ornament near end of black fingerboard; ornamental carved pegs (2 pegs treble, 3 bass side). (Seller called it a quinton.)

DHV: 541 Tourin ID: LENIN 07 Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: D Hamburg Joachim Tielke Date: 1689 Label Text: IOACHIM TIELKE // in Hamburg, An. 1689 [small format, printed except 89] Body Shape: Viol Current Location: RUS St. Petersburg No. of Strings: 6 Collection: State Museum of Theatre and Music Sound Holes: C Catalog Number: 16516/1827 x 771 (formerly 2169) Head: Lion Private Owner: Previous Owner: Measurements: Body Length: 69.1 String Length: 61.2? Rib Depth: 12.6 Upper Width: 30.4 Middle Width: 21.6 Bottom Width: 37 Information Source: Hellwig 2011, pp. 283-84; PT visit 10/78 Literature: Hellwig 2011, pp. 283-84; Hellwig 1980, p. 206; Blagodatov 1972, p. 90 Photographs: Hellwig 2011, pp. 284 (front 7/8 and back [color]); Blagodatov 1972, back cover and between pp. 48-9 (head 3/4 and back); [unpublished, from museum: FB+S; unpublished, from C. Meints 1/21 (taken by Grant Moore): F, head 3/4] Recordings: Auctions: Comments: Hellwig 2011, TieWV 054; Hellwig 1980, no. 049 (not seen by him). Converted to a cello; neck narrowed; table not original; slightly arched back with fold; pegbox with open-carved back; dimensions 68.0, 30.0/24.5/36.4, 11.5, -. Tourin: elongated body. Table overhangs ribs; back does not, and fold has been straightened out. Neck not original. Hellwig 2011 adds: outline significantly altered; ribs probably original; 2-piece back is flat and folded (slightly), perhaps old. Neck narrowed for use as cello; peg for top string is closest to nut, and pegbox has been slightly shortened at neck end; all interior and exterior fittings non-original. Acquired by museum in 1930s (source unknown); especially nice lion’s head. No body dimensions in Blagodatov (except length “now 68”), so Tourin’s kept.

DHV: 411 Tourin ID: KESSLR 2, NESBIT 1 Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: GB London Richard Meares Date: 1660 C Label Text: [None] Body Shape: Viol Current Location: GB London No. of Strings: 6 Collection: Royal College of Music Sound Holes: C Catalog Number: RCM0936 Head: Female Private Owner: Previous Owner: Dietrich Kessler [and heirs], c. 1979-2011; on extended loan to Dennis Nesbitt from Mr. [Charles?] Brackenbury (Berwick on Tweed), -c. 1979 Measurements: Body Length: 66.4 String Length: 69 Rib Depth: 11.3 Upper Width: 30.6 Middle Width: 23 Bottom Width: 37 Information Source: Monical 1989, pp. 16-7 Literature: Mackey 2014; Iden & Topham 2009, pp. 14-15; Soubeyran 2008, p. 27; Kessler 2005, pp. 203-09; BVMA 2000, pp. 254-55; Monical 1989, pp. 16-7; König 1985, p. 31; Kessler 1982, pp. 340-45 Photographs: On museum’s website (B+S, 3/4, head FB+S, 3/4 [color]); Boothby 2016, booklet p. 9 (front [color]); Fleming & Bryan 2016, pl. 1 (F+B, head 3/4 [color]); MacCracken 2016, p. 205 (back body only); Mackey 2014 (F+B, head 3/4 [color]); Iden & Topham 2009, pp. 14-15 (underside of table, top block, neck mortise); Soubeyran 2008, pp. 26-7 (F+B, head 3/4); Kessler 2005, pp. 203-09 (FB+S, head 3/4, underside of table, top off, details of neck joint, tailpiece [color]); BVMA 2000, pp. 254-55 (F+B, head 3/4 (color); Otterstedt 1994, p. 205 (head 3/4); Monical 1989, pp. 16-17 (FB+S, head 3/4, with table removed); König 1985, pp. 49-52 (F+B, head FB+S); Kessler 1982, pp. 340-43 (front 3/4, underside of table, head side, etc.) Recordings: Boothby 2016 (Lawes) Auctions: Comments: Monical 1989: 7-piece table, 2-piece back, both with double purfling. BVMA 2000: Superbly original condition, including bass bar and four pegs (dimensions, taken on back: 66.0, 30.4/22.0/36.65, 11.4, -). Soubeyran 2008: “in almost mint condition, with original neck, fingerboard, tailpiece, 4 of the 6 pegs, plenty of varnish and only one crack in the back;” date “ca 1680”. Iden & Topham 2009: “The only replacement parts are the bridge and 2 pegs.” Restoration included repairing cracks and loose joints in front and back, also adding “small wooden linings round the ribs” instead of original linen strips. Purfling done by left-handed craftsman. David Wilson (The Viol no. 21 [winter 2010-11], p. 11, reporting on a presentation by J. Topham (aided by J. Ryan) at 4th RCM Int’l Festival of Viols (11/10), says current bridge is a copy (from a drawing) “of the original black bridge inlaid with three pearl pieces” kept by Brackenbury. Mackey 2014: ribs unusually narrow; fingerboard sycamore, tailpiece beechwood (beneath ebony veneer); pegs plumwood. Neck mortised into top block and fastened with 2 nails. König 1985 dimensions 120.0, 66.5, 30.8/22.4/36.3, 11.3, 67.0 (date given as c. 1675). Drawing by Stephen Barber [was] available from Dietrich Kessler.

DHV: 1747 Tourin ID: Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: D Hamburg Date: Label Text: Body Shape: Viol Current Location: N Oslo No. of Strings: -4 Collection: Norges Musikkhøgskole Sound Holes: C Catalog Number: MH-624 Head: Scroll Private Owner: Previous Owner: Measurements: Body Length: 61.2 String Length: 65.5 Rib Depth: 12.5 Upper Width: 28.3 Middle Width: 21 Bottom Width: 34.7 Information Source: Museum’s website Literature: Photographs: On museum’s website (front [color]) Recordings: Auctions: Comments: Table with painted purfling, flat back with fold. Fingerboard, tailpiece, soundpost, and bridge not original; wooden endpin. Poor condition with significant cracks and others poorly repaired. Nearly illegible label “M(?)eppa... /////1?15”; written on inside of back: “Rep: av//T. Johansen//Grorud//1957.”

DHV: 208 Tourin ID: CALD 08 Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: A Innsbruck Georg Seelos Date: 1680 C Label Text: Georgius Seelas / In Insprugg [printed] Body Shape: Viol Current Location: GB Bideford, Devon No. of Strings: 7 Collection: Private Collection Sound Holes: F Catalog Number: Head: Lion Private Owner: Yes Previous Owner: Catharina Meints Caldwell, Oberlin, OH, 1973-2023; Tony Bingham, London, -1973; L. H. Lock Measurements: Body Length: 72.6 String Length: 70.5 Rib Depth: 13.3 Upper Width: 32.6 Middle Width: 23.7 Bottom Width: 41.9 Information Source: TGM visit 7/92 Literature: Caldwell 2012, pp. 52-57; Caldwell 1974, pp. 80-81 Photographs: Caldwell 2012, pp. 52-57 (FB+S, head F, treble F-hole [color]); Caldwell 1974, pp. 80-81 (FB+S); [by TGM, 5/09: FB+S, label (color)] [unpublished, from C. Meints 1/21: FB+S before restoration] Recordings: Auctions: Comments: Striped back (9-piece, 5 light + 4 dark) and ribs (3-piece, 3 light + 1 dark). Unique spelling of surname on label. Initial restoration by Paul Reichlin (new neck, minor body work; Caldwells have previous neck and head, by N. Dolmetsch). Since 1992, re-restored by Petr Vavrous (Prague), including a new head. Black-and-white edging on fingerboard and tailpiece. Tourin/JVdGSA dimensions: 130.0, 73.0, 31.8/22.8/41.6, 13.8, 70.0; originally 6 strings? Caldwell 2012: back stripes are fruitwood (plum?) and maple; dimensions 72.7, 32.4/22.9/41.4, 13.1, 70.7.

DHV: 780 Tourin ID: SAVALL 5 Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: GB London Barak Norman Date: 1697 Label Text: Body Shape: Viol Current Location: E Barcelona No. of Strings: 7 Collection: Savall, Jordi Sound Holes: C Catalog Number: Head: Head Private Owner: Yes Previous Owner: Dolmetsch family, -c. 1972 Measurements: Body Length: 72.3 String Length: 69 Rib Depth: 12.4 Upper Width: 32.5 Middle Width: 24.4 Bottom Width: 39.5 Information Source: P. Hütmannsberger, 6/94 Literature: Hebbert 2001, p. 295 (1697:3) Photographs: Savall 2000 (front [color]); Savall 1998 (front 7/8 [color]); Savall 1992 (front [color]); [unpublished, from P. Hütmannsberger: FB+S, soundholes, table ornament (color)] Recordings: Savall 2000 (Bach II); Savall 1998a (La Folia); Savall 1998 (Les Voix Humaines); Savall 1992 (Sainte Colombe); Savall 1992a (Marais III); Savall 1991 (Jenkins); Savall 1987 (Marais V); Savall 1983 (Hume); Savall 1980 (Gibbons); Savall 1980a (Coprario); Savall 1979 (Marais I); Savall 1978 (Forqueray); Savall 1978a (Bach I); Savall 1978c (Scheidt); Savall 1976b (Sainte Colombe); Savall 1976a (Couperin, played by Ariane Maurette) Auctions: Comments: Double purfling front and back. Rib depth 12.9 at fold, 13.2 at center bout, only 12.4 at bottom block. Hebbert 2001: “reverted to viol [i.e. from cello] by Dolmetsch”; other sources say 7th string added for Savall. Table ornament Type IV, back center Type III, upper and lower Type II.

DHV: 356 Tourin ID: HAM 09 Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: Date: Label Text: Body Shape: Viol Current Location: D Hamburg ? No. of Strings: -4 Collection: Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte ? Sound Holes: C Catalog Number: 1926.397 Head: Scroll Private Owner: Previous Owner: “Leihgabe des Herrn G[uenther] Thomsen” Measurements: Body Length: 70 String Length: Rib Depth: 12.5 Upper Width: 31 Middle Width: Bottom Width: 38.5 Information Source: PT visit 9/78 Literature: Schröder 1930, p. 25 Photographs: Schröder 1930, Abb. 8c Recordings: Auctions: Comments: Schröder: “Baßviola”; originally had 6 strings

DHV: 1708 Tourin ID: Size: Quinton Place Made: Maker: Date: 17.. Label Text: Andrea Amati in / Cremona M. D. LX[XXII]IM.O.LX ... in Schoneck 1789 [printed] Body Shape: Viol Current Location: RUS Moscow No. of Strings: 5 Collection: Glinka Museum of Musical Culture Sound Holes: F Catalog Number: 2213 Head: Scroll Private Owner: Previous Owner: De-Lazari, A. Measurements: Body Length: 38.4 String Length: Rib Depth: 4.5 Upper Width: 18.2 Middle Width: 13 Bottom Width: 22.4 Information Source: Mileshina 2016, p. 3 Literature: Mileshina 2016, p. 33 Photographs: Mileshina 2016, p. 33 (F+B, head side [color]) Recordings: Auctions: Comments: Single purfling on table and 1-piece back; integral neck-pegbox-scroll; ebony fittings are modern. Nail in top block; wedge-shaped cut at neck heel to increase neck angle.

DHV: 619 Tourin ID: MODENA 2 Size: Violone Place Made: Maker: I Date: Label Text: ... / D. Giacomo Gherardi / adi 24 Giugno l’Anno 1677’ Body Shape: Guitar Current Location: I Modena No. of Strings: 3 Collection: Museo Civico Sound Holes: 3 Catalog Number: SM 86-1981 (formerly 341-1933) Head: Scroll Private Owner: Previous Owner: Luigi Francesco Valdrighi, -1892; Casa Hercolani Measurements: Body Length: 87 String Length: 91 Rib Depth: 17.7 Upper Width: 33.1 Middle Width: 27.6 Bottom Width: 43.3 Information Source: Cervelli 1982, p. 238 Literature: Cervelli 1982, p. 238; Cervelli 1963, p. 27; Bessaraboff 1941, p. 437 n. 80 Photographs: Cervelli 1982, p. 239 (front 7/8, side) and Tavola 5 (front [color]); Cervelli 1963, Tavola XL/4 Recordings: Auctions: Comments: Repair label: “Rivisto e restaurato da Ferdinando / Rossi in Modena nel 1878”. Cervelli 1963 considers the 1677 label of G. Gherardi also as a repair label, and says the instrument was perhaps originally built as a 6-string viola da gamba. (Also says it belonged for a time to the Lazzari di Carpi family: before Valdrighi?) Lütgendorff mentions Gherardi only in connection with this instrument.