The Original Violas da gamba in the Orpheon Collection

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Treble Viola da gamba William Turner (London, 1647) William Turner (London, 1656) William Turner (London, ca. 1650) Henry Jaye(?) (English, ca. 1620) Anon. 17th Century (Munich) Leonhardt Maussiell (Nürnberg 1720) Treble viol in festoon-form I (c. 1730) Treble viol in festoon-form II (c. 1730) Johann Andreas Kämbl (München, 1739) Matthias Joannes Koldiz (Munich, 17?6) Anon. Master (Venice or Brescia, 16th C.) Anon., (Spain or Italy, in Ganassi-Form) Anon., (Italian (?), 16th C.) Salomonworkshop , (Paris, 18th C.) Gio. Balla Bugger (Brescia, 1630) Andreas Jaiss (Tölz 1745) Paul Alletsee (Munich, ca. 1700) Anonymous German or Austrian 1 Anonymous German or Austrian 2 Anonymous German or Austrian 3 Ingatius Hoffmann (Wölfelsdorf, 1736)	Tenor Viola da Gamba Gasparo da Salò (Brescia, c. 1560) Bass Viola da Gamba Ventura Linarolo (Venice, 1585) Gasparo da Salò (Brescia, ca. 1580) Giovanni Paolo Maggini (Brescia, c.1600) Gianbattista Grancino (Milano, 1697) William Turner (London, ca. 1650) Edward Lewis (London, 1687) Thomas Collingwood (London, 1680) Jakob Stainer (Absam, 1671) Nikolaus Leidolff (Vienna, 1695) Johann Georg Seelos (Linz, 1691) Michael Albanus (Graz, 1706) Joachim Tielke (Hamburg, 1683) Joachim Tielke (Hamburg, 1697) Claude Boivin (Paris, ca. 1740) German or Austrian, 17th C. Anonymous 2, German, 18th C. Anonymous 3, German, 18th C.
Pardesssus de viole Anonymous (Flemish, c. 1700) Louis Guersan (Paris, c. 1740) Head & Pegbox of a French Pardessus de viole, 18th C.	Violone Italian (Venetian, 17th C.) 6 strings in D Johann Georg Thir (Vienna, 1750) 5 strings Johannes Udalricus Eberle (Prague, 18th C.) 4 strings German (18th C.) 6 strings in G
Baryton Ferdinand Wilhelm Jaura, 1934, after Simon Schodler, 1782 Kurt Hoyer, 1977, after J. J. Stadlmann	Five-string Violin Joachim Tielke (Hamburg, ca. 1700) Louis Guersan Quinton (Paris, ca. 1750)
Viola d'amore Jean Baptiste Deshayes Salomon (Paris, ca 1740) Mathias Fichtl (Wien 1711) Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, 1750) Joann Joseph Hentschl (Brünn, 1750) Thomas Andreas Hulintzky (Praha,1774) Michael Andreas Partl (Wien,1751 ?)	Viola da gamba: copies 3 basses after John Rose (1580) and Henry Jaye by John Pringle, London Two Lyra-viols after John Rose by Peter Hütmannsberger, Linz Copies after Colichon, Giovanni da Brescia by Petr Vavrous, Prague and Simone Zopf, Vienna

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