Viola da Gamba Society of America

DHV: 1141 Tourin ID: Size: Tenor Place Made: Maker: Date: Label Text: [None] Body Shape: Current Location: No. of Strings: Collection: Sound Holes: Catalog Number: Head: Female Private Owner: Previous Owner: Measurements: Body Length: 59 String Length: Rib Depth: Upper Width: Middle Width: Bottom Width: Information Source: Sotheby’s 5/22/80, lot 374 Literature: Sotheby’s 5/22/80, lot 374 Photographs: Recordings: Auctions: Comments: Sotheby’s 1980/05/22, lot 374 “An eccentric tenor viol,” back and ribs of beech with simulated grain and figure. Length of back 59.0 cm.

DHV: 1222 Tourin ID: Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: F Paris Nicolas Bertrand Date: 1699 Label Text: Nicolas Bertrand / a Paris 16 99 [handwritten (calligraphy?)] Body Shape: Viol Current Location: A Kremsmünster No. of Strings: 7 Collection: Private Collection Sound Holes: C Catalog Number: Head: Head Private Owner: Yes Previous Owner: Dealer in Madrid, - 199x; Adolfo Morpurgo, Buenos Aires, -1972 Measurements: Body Length: 73.8 String Length: 74 Rib Depth: 13 Upper Width: 35 Middle Width: 26 Bottom Width: 43 Information Source: F. Pecchia to TGM, 12/20; T. Muthesius to TGM, 1/03; P. Hütmannsberger to TGM, 1994 Literature: Photographs: On Duftschmid’s website (front [color]); Duftschmid 1997 (Telemann) (front, bridge to head only); [unpublished, from P. Hütmannsberger: F+B body only, C-hole details (color); from F. Pecchia 12/20, as a baryton (front, front body only [color]) Recordings: Duftschmid [2006?] (Forqueray); Duftschmid 2005 (Marais); Duftschmid 2004 (Couperin); Duftschmid 1997 (Telemann) Auctions: Comments: Converted into a baryton in 1937 by Alcide Gavatelli (signed on wood inside), rebuilt as a viol in the 1990s; re-restored by Tilman Muthesius in 1998-99. New neck and fittings; body length not original. Owner’s website now gives string length as 72.5.

DHV: 1446 Tourin ID: Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: D Erfurt Johann Heinrich Ruppert Date: 1729 Label Text: Joh. Heinrich Rüppert / in Erfurth / Anno 1729 [printed except 1729] Body Shape: Viol Current Location: NL AmsterdamAmsterdam No. of Strings: 6 Collection: Private Collection Sound Holes: Flame Catalog Number: Head: Scroll Private Owner: Yes Previous Owner: Measurements: Body Length: 66 String Length: 67.4 Rib Depth: 14 Upper Width: 28.5 Middle Width: 21.5 Bottom Width: 37 Information Source: K. Martius to TGM, 6/06 Literature: Photographs: [Unpublished, from K. Martius: FB+S body only; from T.Muthesius 3/23: head side (color)] Recordings: Auctions: Comments: Table with no purfling; back and ribs of walnut; bass bar and soundpost plate are new; blond pegs.

DHV: 1463 Tourin ID: Size: Pardessus Place Made: Maker: F Paris François Gavinies Date: 1749 Label Text: GAVINIE’S, rue Saint / Thomas du Louvre, / A PARIS, 1749 [printed except 49; sic with apostrophe instead of accent] Body Shape: Viol Current Location: F Paris No. of Strings: 6+5 ? Collection: Musée de la musique Sound Holes: C Catalog Number: E.2474 Head: Scroll Private Owner: Previous Owner: Measurements: Body Length: 34.6 String Length: 32? Rib Depth: 5.5 Upper Width: 17 Middle Width: 12.2 Bottom Width: 20.8 Information Source: TGM visit 8/11; museum’s website Literature: Photographs: On museum’s website (FB+S, head side); [by TGM: table inside and out, back inside and out (all body only), bottom ribs, neck and pegbox F+S, head back, label (color)] Recordings: Auctions: Comments: When seen, top was off and neck not attached to body. Pegbox open in back (2 rectangular windows) with 11 sets of holes (6 pegs treble, 5 bass side, all same size), La Fille-style decoration, and outward points midway; integral with neck and open scroll (with carved flower at eyes), so all probably original: viola d’amore? Metal rod between pegbox walls, purpose unknown; currently divides lower 6 from upper 5 pegs, but previously located closer to nut, giving 4+7 (violon d’amour? or perhaps irrelevant). All strings apparently meant to pass through individual holes in an ivory bar just beyond the saddle and attach to hitchpins in an ivory plate fastened to bottom rib; no bridge, fingerboard, or tailpiece seen; no evidence of tailgut/button, though may once have had a hookbar. Interior linings mostly cloth; those between back and ribs seem to be twisted or braided, but between table and ribs are thin wood.

DHV: 976 Tourin ID: Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: F Paris Jacques Boquay Date: 1726 Label Text: Jacques Boquay / Rue d’Argenteuil / A Paris. 1726 [printed except 26] Body Shape: Viol Current Location: D Halle No. of Strings: 6 Collection: Händel-Haus Sound Holes: C Catalog Number: 225 Head: Female? Private Owner: Previous Owner: Measurements: Body Length: 72.5 String Length: 65.3 Rib Depth: 12 Upper Width: 32.2 Middle Width: 23.2 Bottom Width: 40 Information Source: Drescher 1990, p. 58; Saase 1972, pp. 98-99 Literature: Herzog 2003, FR-1; Drescher 1990, p. 58; Saase 1972, p. 99 Photographs: Saase 1972, p. 98 (FB+S) Recordings: Auctions: Comments: 4-piece table with rosette; 2-piece back (arched?). Lower end of C-holes much more curly than upper. Tailgut. Carving on back of pegbox.

DHV: 1675 Tourin ID: Size: Pardessus Place Made: Maker: F Paris Jean Louvet Date: 1749 Label Text: [Louvet ... 1749] Body Shape: Viol Current Location: No. of Strings: 5 Collection: Sound Holes: C Catalog Number: Head: Open scroll Private Owner: Previous Owner: Measurements: Body Length: String Length: Rib Depth: Upper Width: Middle Width: Bottom Width: Information Source: Apollium (online auction) 11/28/16, lot 96 Literature: Apollium (online auction) 11/28/16, lot 96 Photographs: Apollium (online auction) 11/28/16, lot 96 (F+B, head back, neck+head both sides [color]) Recordings: Auctions: Comments: Apollium 2016/11/28 3-piece back with marquetry lines between pieces; tailgut; 2 pegs treble, 3 bass side. Shown strung up and “en bon état de conservation”.

DHV: 767 Tourin ID: RUH 08 Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: D Tölz Andreas Jais Date: 1745 Label Text: Andreas Jais / Lauten- und Geigen- / macher in Bad Tölz / 1745 Body Shape: Festoon Current Location: D Niederaltaich No. of Strings: 6 Collection: Ruhland, Konrad [heirs] Sound Holes: Flame Catalog Number: Head: Lion Private Owner: Yes Previous Owner: Measurements: Body Length: 74.5 String Length: 68 Rib Depth: 11.6 Upper Width: 35.3 Middle Width: 22.3 Bottom Width: 43 Information Source: M. Ruhland to TGM, 10+11/23; PT visit 9/78 Literature: Photographs: [Unpublished, from owner: front (color)] Recordings: Ruhland 1994 (Resonet in laudibus) Auctions: Comments: Neck and head not original: cello conversion. Rosette. Tourin reported pegbox had 4 large pegs + 4 small for sympathetic strings, but owner’s photo shows 6 normal-size pegs only: subsequently renecked? Also: upper bout viol-shape, lower has small dimples instead of lower corners; soundholes have lower eyes only. Tailgut. Martius 2003: dimensions 74.5, 35.5/23.6/43.0, 12.0, -; was a violoncello d’amore (4+4) when acquired, but uncertain if this setup original or not. Printed repair label: “Reparirt / Georg Tiefenbrunner / in München, Petersplatz No 8/1.”

DHV: 1277 Tourin ID: Size: Treble Place Made: Maker: F Paris Nicolas Bertrand Date: 1712 Label Text: Nicolas Bertrand à Paris, 1712 Body Shape: Viol Current Location: F Tours No. of Strings: 6 Collection: Private Collection Sound Holes: C Catalog Number: Head: Male Private Owner: Yes Previous Owner: Emma Charlier Guénot [great-grandmother of present owner], c. 1910- Measurements: Body Length: 36.2 String Length: 37.3 Rib Depth: 7.2 Upper Width: 17.6 Middle Width: 12.4 Bottom Width: 21.2 Information Source: Jean-Paul Funck-Brentano (owner’s husband) to TGM, 12/02; J. Kraft drawing seen 9/02 Literature: Photographs: [Unpublished, from J. Kraft 5/13: F+S, head F+S and 3/4, back at an angle, bottom rib and table arching, neck side (color)] Recordings: Auctions: Comments: Dimensions from drawing, so not over arching. Has original fingerboard, tailpiece, and nut; 2-piece back. Serious worm damage, especially to pegbox, means it can’t be tuned up. Photos of pegbox (seen but not copied) show plain sides, front edges, and back below hair; man’s head has moustache and perhaps a crown (very unlike Paris museum treble). Repaired/restored by a certain Monsieur Vian for owner’s great-grandmother, and used in her ensemble “Vielle France”.

DHV: 1333 Tourin ID: Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: GB London Edward Lewis Date: 1685 C Label Text: [None] Body Shape: Cello Current Location: NL Amsterdam No. of Strings: 6 Collection: Private Collection Sound Holes: F Catalog Number: Head: Scroll Private Owner: Yes Previous Owner: Myrna Herzog, Raanana, Israel, 1996-2024 Measurements: Body Length: 74.5 String Length: 71.5 Rib Depth: 13 Upper Width: 36 Middle Width: 26 Bottom Width: 44.2 Information Source: Herzog to TGM, 3+7/02 Literature: Herzog 2003, GB-9; Phillips 5/16/96, lot 212 [catalogue not in bibliography] Photographs: Brompton’s 7/16-26/24, lot 195 (F+B, head side [color]); Herzog 2016, p. 9 (F+B [color]); Herzog 2003, GB-9 (F+B, upper back 3/4), also directly from Herzog (FB+S) Recordings: Herzog 2007 (Hume, etc.) Auctions: Comments: Phillips 1996/05/16, lot 212; Brompton’s 2024/07/16-26, lot 195 Arched back with fold; pointed corners, rounded shoulders, and overhanging edges; double purfling on front and back. Found as a cello, changed to viol by John Topham at owner’s request, 2001 (new neck, pegbox, and fittings). Dendrochronology shows youngest tree rings on table are from 1662 and 1665, using wood from same tree as two [other] viols by Lewis; this instrument perhaps made 10-20 years later. When bought, had false label “Maggini fecit in Brescia 164...” and repair label “Repaired by J.W. Hinchcliffe / 9, Stoke Road, Plymouth”, both now removed.

DHV: 502 Tourin ID: LEIPB 14 Size: Bass Place Made: Maker: I Date: 17.. ? Label Text: Body Shape: Guitar Current Location: D Leipzig No. of Strings: 6 Collection: Universität Leipzig Sound Holes: F Catalog Number: 820 Head: Lion Private Owner: Previous Owner: Measurements: Body Length: 64 String Length: Rib Depth: 12 Upper Width: 27 Middle Width: Bottom Width: 33.5 Information Source: Kinsky 1912, 2:466 Literature: Schultz 1929, p. 27; Kinsky 1912, 2:466 Photographs: On museum’s website (front [color]) Recordings: Auctions: Comments: Formerly converted to a cello; replacement pegbox and head. (Website: Tenorgambe)