The Vazquez Collection
of Historical Musical Instruments of the
16th to the 18th Centuries


viola da gamba by William Turner, London, 1656

The collection now contains over 170 instruments (viola da gamba, viola d'amore, violin, viola, violoncello, violone, baryton) and historical bows dating mostly from 1560 to 1780, all restored to their original playing conditions and placed at the disposal of members of the Orpheon Orchestra, Orpheon Consort, students of the University for Music and the Performing Arts Vienna and professional musicians all over Europe for concerts, recordings and study purposes. It is the living acoustical heritage - the sounds that these instruments produce for those living today - that interests us, and not their mere decorative flair as objets trouvés from aristocratic residences from our distant past. We wish to hear what these instruments have to say...



The Violin Family

Violin
Viola
Violoncello
Violone or Double Bass

Special instruments:

Violino piccolo
Five-string Violin
Viola d'amore
Viola di spalla
Violoncello piccolo
Tromba marina


The Viola da gamba Family

Treble
Tenor
Bass
Violone in G
(Great bass viola da gamba)

Violone in D
(Contrabasso di Viola da gamba)

Special instruments:

Pardessus
Lirone
Baryton


The Historical Bows


The Keyboard Instruments


The Wind Instruments


Miscellanea

VIOLINS

Italy

Brescia, 16th C.?
Nicolò Amati (Cremona, 1669)
Carlo Testore (Milano, 18th C.)
Matthias Albanus (Bozen, ca. 1680)
Antonio Pollusca (Roma, 1741)
Gian Antonio Marchi (Bologna, ca. 1700)
Jacob Horil (Roma, ca 1750)
Johann Jais (Bozen, 1774)
Goffriller School (Venice, c. 1700)
Italian (Cremona or Venice?, ca. 1700)
Milanese School (North Italy, c. 1700)


Austria

Jacobus Stainer ? (Absam, 1675)
Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, 1739)
Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, 1745)
Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, 1747)
Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, 1748)
Joseph Ferdinand Leidolff (Vienna, 1767)
Johann Georg Thir (Vienna, 17--)
Mathias Thir (Vienna, 17--)
Johann Joseph Stadlmann (Vienna, 1768)
Johannes Schorn (Salzburg, 1707)
Anon. Master (Tirol, 18th C.)
Anon. Master II (Tirol, 18th C.)

Others

Aegidius Kloz (I), Mittenwald, 1717
Aegidius (II) Kloz (1774)
Sebastian Kloz, Mittenwald, 1733
Leopold Widhalm, Nürnberg, ca 1780
Joseph Hill (London, 1774)
Johann Anton Gedler (Renaissance outline)
Alemannish School of the 17th C.
Anon. Master (Prague, 18th C.)
Anon. German (18th C.)
Johann Georg Hellmer (Prague, 18th C.)
Jacobus Koldiz (Rumburgue, 1751)
Anonymous German (18th C.)
Anon. (Mittenwald, 18th. C)
Anonymous Klingenthal (18th C.)


Five-string Violin

Joachim Tielke (Hamburg, ca. 1700)
Louis Guersan (Paris, ca. 1740)


VIOLAS
Anon. Master (Milano, 17th C.)
Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, 1719)
Johann Georg Thir (Vienna, 1757)
Mathias Thir (Vienna, 1786)
Johann Joseph Stadlmann (Vienna 1764)
Sebastian Dallinger (Vienna, ca. 1780)
Anonymous Master (Tyrol, 17th c.)
Hulinsky (in festoon-outline (Prague, 1768)
Josephus Antonius Laske (Prague, 1787)
Anonymous: German (18th C.)
William Smith (Sheffield, c. 1780)


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 ?)

VIOLONCELLI

North Italian (ca. 1760)
Simone Cimapane (Rome, 1692)
Italian (Montagnana School?, 18th C.)
Anon. Master (Milano, ca. 1780.)
Violoncello piccolo (Italian, ca. 1700)
Nikolaus Leidolff (Vienna, 1690)
Anton Posch (Vienna, ca 1700)
Johann Georg Thir (Vienna, 1775)
Michael Ignaz Stadlmann (Vienna, c. 1780)
Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, c. 1750)
Anon. Master (Vienna, ca. 1760)
Violoncello piccolo (German, ca. 1800)
Anon. German, ca. 1700
Violoncello after Andrea Amati by Roland Houël (Mirecourt, 2007)

VIOLONE

Italian (Venetian, 17th C.) 6 strings in D
Johann Georg Thir (Vienna, 1750) 5 strings
Johannes Udalricus Eberle (18th C.) 4 strings
German (18th C.) 6 strings in G


VIOLA DA GAMBA

Treble Viola da gamba

William Turner (1. London, 1647)
William Turner (2. London, 1656)
William Turner (3. 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.)
Salomon workshop(?), (Paris, 18th C.)
Gio. Balla Bugger (Mantua, 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)

Pardesssus de viole

Pardessus à six cords (Flemish, ca. 1700)
Pardessus à cinque cords by Louis Guersan (Paris, c. 1750)


Tenor Viola da Gamba

Gasparo da Salò (Brescia, c.1560)


Bass Viola da Gamba

Ventura di Francesco Linarolo (Venezia, 1585)
Gasparo da Salò (Brescia, 16th C.)
Giovanni Paolo Maggini (Brescia, c.1600)
Gianbattista Grancino (Milano, 1697)
William Turner (London, ca. 1650)
Thomas Collingwood (London, 1680)
Edward Lewis (London, 1687)
Jakob Stainer (Absam, 1671)
Nikolaus Leidolff (Vienna, 1695)
Johann Georg Seelos (Linz, 1691)
Michael Albanus (Graz, 1706)
Joachim Tielke (Hamburg, 1683)
Claude Boivin (Paris, ca. 1740)
Anon. (German, 18th C.)
Anon. (German, 17th C.)


Copies

Bass viola da gamba I after John Rose (1580) by John Pringle, London
Bass viola da gamba II after John Rose (1580) by John Pringle, London
Bass viola da gamba after Henry Jaye (1580) by John Pringle, London
Two Lyra-viols after John Rose by Peter Hütmannsberger, Linz
Bass viol by Simone Zopf by Simone Zopf, Hallstatt and Vienna
Bass viol by Petr Vavrous, Prague, after Colichon
Bass viol by Petr Vavrous, Prague, after Salomon

BARYTON
Ferdinand Wilhelm Jaura, 1934, after Simon Schodler, 1782
Kurt Hoyer, 1977, after J. J. Stadlmann

HISTORICAL BOWS
The complete catalog of the Historical Bows of the Vazquez Collection

9 snakewood bows, 15 bows of other woods, which document the history of bowmaking from 1680 to 1800.

Numerous copies of historical bows by Scott Wallace (Vienna)

Modern Historical Bows by Antonino Airenti


KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS

Harpsichord after Giovanni Maria Giusti (1690) by William Horn, Brescia
Harsichord after Jan Ruckers (1625) two manuals by William Horn, Brescia
Spinett after Queen Elisabeth's Virginal (16th C.) by William Horn, Brescia
Virginal
French double manual harpsichord in the historical manner by J. C. Neupert
Positiv organ by Walter Chinaglia, 2006


WIND INSTRUMENTS

Flute: Traverso (c. 1800)
Flutes: Two Traverse Flutes

MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENTS
Indian instrument with sympathetic strings

MISCELLANEA
Head and Pegbox of a French Pardessus de viole, 18th C.
Head and Pegbox of an Italian Viola da gamba, 17th. C.
Head and Pegbox of a French Violoncello, 18th. C.
A historical conductor's baton
An original etui for a viola da gamba
An original etui for a small Italian violin
Paintings and engravings from the 16th-18th C. on musical subjets


Articles of Interest



VIOLINS

Italy

Brescia, 16th C.?
Nicolò Amati (Cremona, 1669)
Carlo Testore (Milano, 18th C.)
Matthias Albanus (Bozen, ca. 1680)
Antonio Pollusca (Roma, 1741)
Gian Antonio Marchi (Bologna, ca. 1760)
Jacob Horil (Roma, ca 1750)
Johann Jais (Bozen, 1774)
Goffriller School (Venice, c. 1700)
Italian (Cremona or Venice?, ca. 1700)
Milanese School (North Italy, c. 1700)


Austria

Jacobus Stainer ? (Absam, 1675)
Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, 1739)
Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, 1745)
Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, 1747)
Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, 1748)
Joseph Ferdinand Leidolff (Vienna, 1767)
Johann Georg Thir (Vienna, 17--)
Mathias Thir (Vienna, 17--)
Johann Joseph Stadlmann (Vienna, 1768)
Johannes Schorn (Salzburg, 1707)
Anon. Master (Tirol, 18th C.)
Anon. Master II (Tirol, 18th C.)

Others

Aegidius Kloz (I), Mittenwald, 1717
Aegidius (II) Kloz (1774)
Sebastian Kloz, Mittenwald, 1733
Leopold Widhalm, Nürnberg, ca 1780
Joseph Hill (London, 1774)
Johann Anton Gedler (Renaissance outline)
Alemannish School of the 17th C.
Anon. Master (Prague, 18th C.)
Anon. German (18th C.)
Johann Georg Hellmer (Prague, 18th C.)
Jacobus Koldiz (Rumburgue, 1751)
Anonymous German (18th C.)
Anon. (Mittenwald, 18th. C)
Anonymous Klingenthal (18th C.)


Five-string Violin

Joachim Tielke (Hamburg, ca. 1700)
Louis Guersan (Paris, ca. 1740)


VIOLAS
Anon. Master (Milano, 17th C.)
Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, 1719)
Johann Georg Thir (Vienna, 1757)
Mathias Thir (Vienna, 1786)
Johann Joseph Stadlmann (Vienna 1764)
Sebastian Dallinger (Vienna, ca. 1780)
Anonymous Master (Tyrol, 17th c.)
Hulinsky (in festoon-outline (Prague, 1768)
Josephus Antonius Laske (Prague, 1787)
Anonymous: German (18th C.)
William Smith (Sheffield, c. 1780)


VIOLA D'AMORE

Jean Baptiste Deshayes Salomon (Paris, ca 1740)
Mathias Fichtl (Wien 1711)
Johann Schorn (Salzburg, ca. 1700) ( label Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, 1750)
Joann Joseph Hentschl (Brünn, 1750)
Thomas Andreas Hulintzky (Praha,1774)
Michael Andreas Partl (Wien,1751 ?)

VIOLONCELLI

North Italian (ca. 1760)
Simone Cimapane (Rome, 1692)
Italian (Montagnana School?, 18th C.)
Anon. Master (Milano, ca. 1780.)
Violoncello piccolo (Italian, ca. 1700)
Nikolaus Leidolff (Vienna, 1690)
Anton Posch (Vienna, ca 1700)
Johann Georg Thir (Vienna, 1775)
Michael Ignaz Stadlmann (Vienna, c. 1780)
Johann Christoph Leidolff (Vienna, c. 1750)
Anon. Master (Vienna, ca. 1760)
Violoncello piccolo (German, ca. 1800)
Anon. German, ca. 1700
Violoncello after Andrea Amati by Roland Houël (Mirecourt, 2007)

VIOLONE

Italian (Venetian, 17th C.) 6 strings in D
Johann Georg Thir (Vienna, 1750) 5 strings
Johannes Udalricus Eberle (18th C.) 4 strings
German (18th C.) 6 strings in G


VIOLA DA GAMBA

Treble Viola da gamba

William Turner (1. London, 1647)
William Turner (2. London, 1656)
William Turner (3. 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.)
Salomon workshop(?), (Paris, 18th C.)
Gio. Balla Bugger (Mantua, 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)

Pardesssus de viole

Pardessus à six cords (Flemish, ca. 1700)
Pardessus à cinque cords by Louis Guersan (Paris, c. 1750)


Tenor Viola da Gamba

Gasparo da Salò (Brescia, c.1560)


Bass Viola da Gamba

Ventura di Francesco Linarolo (Venezia, 1585)
Gasparo da Salò (Brescia, 16th C.)
Giovanni Paolo Maggini (Brescia, c.1600)
Gianbattista Grancino (Milano, 1697)
William Turner (London, ca. 1650)
Thomas Collingwood (London, 1680)
Edward Lewis (London, 1687)
Jakob Stainer (Absam, 1671)
Nikolaus Leidolff (Vienna, 1695)
Johann Georg Seelos (Linz, 1691)
Michael Albanus (Graz, 1706)
Joachim Tielke (Hamburg, 1683)
Claude Boivin (Paris, ca. 1740)
Anon. (German, 18th C.)
Anon. (German, 17th C.)


Copies

Bass viola da gamba I after John Rose (1580) by John Pringle, London
Bass viola da gamba II after John Rose (1580) by John Pringle, London
Bass viola da gamba after Henry Jaye (1580) by John Pringle, London
Two Lyra-viols after John Rose by Peter Hütmannsberger, Linz
Bass viol by Simone Zopf by Simone Zopf, Hallstatt and Vienna
Bass viol by Petr Vavrous, Prague, after Colichon
Bass viol by Petr Vavrous, Prague, after Salomon

BARYTON
Ferdinand Wilhelm Jaura, 1934, after Simon Schodler, 1782
Kurt Hoyer, 1977, after J. J. Stadlmann

HISTORICAL BOWS
The complete catalog of the Historical Bows of the Vazquez Collection

9 snakewood bows, 15 bows of other woods, which document the history of bowmaking from 1680 to 1800.

Numerous copies of historical bows by Scott Wallace (Vienna)

Modern Historical Bows by Antonino Airenti


KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS

Harpsichord after Giovanni Maria Giusti (1690) by William Horn, Brescia
Harsichord after Jan Ruckers (1625) two manuals by William Horn, Brescia
Spinett after Queen Elisabeth's Virginal (16th C.) by William Horn, Brescia
Virginal
French double manual harpsichord in the historical manner by J. C. Neupert
Positiv organ by Walter Chinaglia, 2006


WIND INSTRUMENTS

Flute: Traverso (c. 1800)
Flutes: Two Traverse Flutes

MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUMENTS
Indian instrument with sympathetic strings

MISCELLANEA
Head and Pegbox of a French Pardessus de viole, 18th C.
Head and Pegbox of an Italian Viola da gamba, 17th. C.
Head and Pegbox of a French Violoncello, 18th. C.
A historical conductor's baton
An original etui for a viola da gamba
An original etui for a small Italian violin
Paintings and engravings from the 16th-18th C. on musical subjets


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