Exhibitions of the Orpheon Foundation
The Vazquez Collection of Historical String Instruments
Violins, Violas da gamba, Viola d'amore, Violoncellos, Double Basses
from 1500 to 1789
The Orpheon exhibitions: a photographic panorama

Minoriten Church in Vienna
Aprl 28 - June 23, 2007

This exhibition is generously supported by a grant of the European Union,
Culture-2000, Mozart-Call: Project description



View from the entrance, into the church









Left: viola da gamba by Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1683
Center: Chest of Viols: English violas da gamba of the 17th C. by
William Turner, Henry Jaye



Left: violas d'amore by Salomon, Leidolff



Baryton by Jaura, Viola by Sebastian Dallinger,
Cello by Anton Posch


Pardessus de viole and quinton by Luis Guersan, Paris, ca. 1740



Bass Violas da gamba by Jakob Stainer, Michael Albanus
Treble violas da gamba by the same maker, using wood from the same tree!



Chest of Viols, English, 17th C.
Bass violas da gamba by William Turner and Henry Lewis
Treble violas da gamba by William Turner and Henry Jaye



Italian viols from the 16th and early 17th Century:
Bass violas da gamba by Ventura Linarolo, Giovanni Paolo Maggini and Anonymous 16th C.
Tenor viola da gamba by Gasparo da Salò
Treble violas da gamba by Giovanni Balla Bugger (Mantova, 1630) und Anonymous 16th C.



Bass violas da gamba by Ventura Linarolo, Giovanni Paolo Maggini
Tenor viola da gamba by Gasparo da Salò
Treble violas da gamba by Giovanni Balla Bugger (Mantova, 1630) und Anonymous 16th C


The Operation of the Bladder Stone


Original apparatus and surgical utensils kindly lent us by the
Museum of Medicine and the Pathological Institute of Vienna



Operation table, copy after an original of the 17th Century by Scott Wallace
We are looking for a volunteer to perform a historical operation of the bladder stone
using original instruments of the period.


Our young visitors..






































More to come!


updated 20.11.2007