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    • Violin Family
      • Violins
        • Italian, 16th C.?
        • Nicolò Amati 1669
        • Testore 18th century
        • Matthias Albanus
        • Antonio Pollusca
        • Giovanni Antonio Marchi
        • Italian, Cremona or Venice ?
        • Grancino School
        • J. Christoph Leidolff 1739
        • J Christoph Leidolff 1746
        • J. Christoph Leidolff 1747
        • J. Christoph Leidolff 1748
        • Joseph Ferdinand Leidolff 1767
        • Johann Georg Thir 17–
        • Johann Georg Thir 17–
        • Mathias Thir 17–
        • Johann Joseph Stadlman 1767
        • Sebastian Dallinger 17__
        • Johann Schorn 1707
        • Jacobus Koldiz 1751
        • Anonimous Master 18th C.
        • Georg Hellmer 18th C.
        • Jacob Horil 1739
        • Aegidius Kloz I 1717
        • Aegidius Kloz II 1774
        • Sebastian Kloz 1733
        • Leopold Widhalm ca 1780
        • Joseph Hill 1774
        • J. Anton Gedler 18th C.
        • Hans Krouchdaler 17th C.
        • Anonymous ca. 1730
        • Giuseppe Gaffino 1743
        • Anonymous, Mittenwald, 18th C.
        • Anonymous German 18th C.
        • Anonymous 18th C.
        • Anonymous – Goffriller School 19th C.
      • Violas
        • Anonymous Italian 1570
        • Anonymous Milano 17th C.
        • Giovanni Grancino Milano, ca. 1700
        • J. Christoph Leidolff 1719
        • Anton Posch ca. 1700
        • Johann Georg Thir 1757
        • Mathias Thir 18th C.
        • Johann Joseph Stadlmann 1764
        • Sebastian Dallinger 1780
        • Anonymous 17th C.
        • Thomas Hulinsky 1768
        • Josephus Antonius Laske 1787
        • Anonymous 18th C.
        • William Smith ca. 1780
      • Violoncello
        • Simone Cimapane 1692
        • North Italian, ca. 1760
        • Montagnana School ca. 1700
        • Carlo Giuseppe Testore c.a. 1700
        • Anonymous, ca. 1700
        • Nicolaus Leidolff 1690
        • Anton Posch ca. 1700
        • Johann Georg Thir 1775
        • Michael Ignaz Stadlmann c. 1780
        • Johann Christoph Leidolff 1745
        • Violoncello piccolo German, ca. 1800
        • Violoncello “The King”
      • Double Bass and Violone
        • Violone in G 18th C.
        • Violone in D 17th C.
        • Johann Georg Thir 1750
        • Jan Uldaricus Eberle Prague, 1750
      • Special Violins
        • Joachim Tielke Hamburg ca. 1700
        • Quinton Louis Guersan ca. 1740
      • Viole d’Amore
        • Jean Baptiste Deshayes Salomon ca 1740
        • Johann Schorn ca. 1700
        • Johann Joseph Stadlmann 174_
        • Joann Joseph Hentschl 1750
        • Thomas Andreas Hulintzky 1774
        • Michael Andreas Partl 1751 (?)
        • Mathias Fichtl, Wien, 1711
    • Viola da gamba Family
      • Treble
        • Anonymous 16th C.
        • Gio. Balla Bugger 1630 (or 1636)
        • Anonymous
        • Anonymous, 16th C.
        • William Turner 1647
        • William Turner 1656
        • William Turner 1650 c.a.
        • Henry Jaye I 17th century
        • Salomon workshop 18th.
        • Marcel Pichler ?
        • Gianbattista Grancino ?
        • Anonympus, Munich, 17th C.
        • Leonhardt Maussiel, Nürnberg, 1720
        • Joann Andreas Kämbl, Munich, 1739
        • Matthias Joannes Koldiz Munich, 17?6
        • Paul Alletsee Munich, ca. 1720
        • German or Austrian, 18th C. (I)
        • German or Austrian, 18th C. (II)
        • Paul Alletsee, Munich 1684-1735
        • Ignatius Hoffmann Wölfelsdorf (Schlesien), 1736
      • Tenor
        • Gasparo da Salò (Brescia, c. 1570)
        • William Bowelesse, London, c.a. 1580
        • Grancino, Milano, c. 1700
        • Anonymous, Napoli
      • Bass
        • Ventura di Francesco Linarolo (Venezia, 1585)
        • Giovanni Paolo Maggini (Brescia, c. 1600)
        • Paolo Antonio Testore (Milano, 1717)
        • Pietro Guarneri of Mantova (ca. 1700)
        • Joannes Florenus Guidantus
        • Label Matteo Goffriller
        • Anonymous, ca. 1670
        • William Turner, London, ca. 1650
        • Thomas Collingwood (London, 1680)
        • Edward Lewis (London, 1687)
        • Henry Jaye
        • Jakob Stainer Absam, 1671
        • Nikolaus Leidolff, Vienna, 1695
        • Johann Seeloss, Linz, 1691
        • Michael Albanus, Graz, 1706
        • Johannes Jauck, Graz, 1735
        • Joachim Tielke (Hamburg, 1683)
        • Joachim Tielke (Hamburg, 1697)
        • Paul Alletsee Munich, ca. 1722
        • Caspar Hopf, ca. 1680
        • Anonymous, festoon, ca. 1700
        • Claude Boivin, Paris, c. 1740
        • Ambroise de Comble, 18th C.
        • Pieter Rombouts, Amsterdam, 1724
        • Bass after John Rose by John Pringle (I)
        • Bass after John Rose by John Pringle (II)
        • John Pringle after Henry Jaye
        • Petr Vavrous after Salomon, Prague, 1999
      • Violone
        • Violone in g 18th c
        • Violone in D 17th C.
        • Johann Georg Thir, 1750
        • Jan Uldaricus Eberle, 1750
      • Pardessus de Viole
        • Flemish, c. 1700
        • Louis Guersan Paris, c. 1750
    • Baryton
      • Werner Trojer, 2010
      • Ferdinand Wilhelm Jaura, 1934
      • Kurt Hoyer, 1977 after Stadlmann
    • Historical Bows
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      • Modern Historical Bows by Antonino Airenti
      • Der Bogen
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      • William Horn after Giovanni Maria Giusti
      • Werner Keil after Johann Nikolaus Bach (ca. 1700)
      • William Horn after Jan Ruckers (Antwerp, 1623)
      • William Horn after Queen Elizabeth’s Virginal (16th C.)
      • J. C. Neupert – Harpsichord
      • Walter Chinaglia, Positiv organ, 2006
      • Alex Hodson – Virginal (1946)
    • Wind Instruments
      • Flute (c. 1760)
      • Two Flutes – Traverso
      • One-keyed flute, 18th. C.
      • Flute, one-keyed, ca. 1820
    • Lute
      • Lute, Branzo Francesco Barbaro di Padova
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      • Bonifazio Veronese
      • Anonymous after Bonifazio Veronese, 1805
      • Nicolas Poussin
      • Jean-Marc Nattier (1685-1766) (attributed)
    • Miscellanea
      • Pipa – Chinese lute
      • Indian instrument with sympathetic strings
      • Head of a pardessus de viole
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      • Head of a French Cello
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      • Etui Gamba
      • Etui Violin
  • Exhibitions
    • Exhibitions 2020 –
      • Bologna 2020
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    • Exhibitions 2010 – 2019
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    • Exhibitions 2000 – 2004
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      • Sacile 2002
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    • Exhibitions 1993 – 1999
      • Foligno 1998
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        • Foligno 1998
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        • St. Peters 2011
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          • Jindrichuv Hradec 2001
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        • Courses 2006 – 2010
          • Chateau de Thoiry, 2006
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        • Courses 2011 – 2015
          • Edinburgh, 2011
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    • Documents
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        • The Oldest Viola da gamba in History
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        • The Shapes of the Viola da gamba in History
          • Renaissance viol in Guitar Form
          • Renaissance viol with rounded shoulders, but without violin corners
          • Two forms of the Renaissance
          • Viola da gamba in the Classical English form and in the violin form
          • Viols in the shape of the “classical” English viol
          • Viols as violin with sloping shoulders
          • Viola da gamba in the violin form but with Sharp Corners
          • Viola da gamba in the shape of a violin
          • Viola da gamba in festoon shape
          • The viola da gamba Tradition in South Germany and Austria
          • The Treble viola da gamba (violetta) in South Germany and Austria
          • Stradivarius and the viola da gamba
          • Viols with a shaped back
        • Die Formen der Violen da gamba
        • The First Viola da gamba Fresco cycle of the Cathedral of Valencia (1472-74)
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        • Die Viola da Gamba: Herkunft und Geschichte
        • Dendrochronology
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        • Who made this instrument?
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This is the non definitive list of the historical VIOLAS in our Collection:

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ITALY

Anonymous, Italian, ca. 1570 (#158)
Anonymous. Milano, 17th C. (#39)
Giovanni Grancino, Milano, ca. 1700
 (#175)

HABSBURG EMPIRE

Johann Christoph Leidolff, Vienna, 1719 (#40)
Anton Posch, Vienna, ca. 1700 (#173)
Johann Georg Thir, Vienna, 1757 (#41)

Mathias Thir, Vienna, 1786 (#42)

Johann Joseph Stadlmann, Vienna 1764 (#43)

Sebastian Dallinger, Vienna, ca. 1780 (#44)

Anonymous Master, Tyrol, 17th c. (#45)

Johann Joseph Stadlmann, Vienna 17__ (#165)
Hulinsky, in festoon-outline, Prague, 1768 (#46)
Josephus Antonius Laske, Prague, 1787 (#47)

GERMANY

Anonymous: German, 18th C. (#48)

ENGLAND

William Smith, Sheffield, c. 1780 (#49)

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