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Hardy Wilcoxon Devizes, Wiltshire, UK cullywilcoxon@hotmail.com I am an amateur cellist keen on getting to know more about early music and I'm very grateful to you for helping sort out something of the bewilderment I face in seeing what a variety there is in the early viol family. That bewilderment is largely pleasurable. I should say--gasps of astonishment at the beauty of this and the beauty of that. Still, it's both useful and comforting to know more about what these instruments can do, what repertoire suits them best, and so on.
Hans Lachmann Pretoria, South Africa hanslachmann@iafrica.com Hi - I play a tenor viol - nice site and lots of info.
Mark Davila Sacramento, CA Mark.Davila@doj.ca.gov I've been using a tenor viol made by Lyn Elder and have access to lessons through Sacramento State University. John Dornenburg teaches gamba and music history here and at Stanford University. Thank you for the great resources and information in this website.
George Jarvi Bellingham, WA George.Jarvi@shell.com long time cellist looking to branch down - shopping for a learning instrument
Nicolas Lessard nicolas.lessard@gmail.com Hello, and thank you for this very nice website of yours! Sympathy, Nicolas Lessard, double bass and G violone player
Jorg F. Voss Roswell, GA jorg@jfv.com
Francine Grattan Vancouver, WA writhingmoonbeam@hotmail.com All in all this is a very neat site and it was very useful for my research concerning the contrabass violone. Thank you much for putting this great site up there - the links really helped a bunch. Hope you have a great day, week, year, whatever. Lots of kudos, Franny
Bernard L. Jones Colrain blang@hughes.net I am retired and just started playing a year ago. At first it seemed crazy but now I don't know. I am looking to upgrade to a better instrument. I guess things are getting worse :-)
David Powell Atlanta, Georgia dhpowell@fastermac.net Love these instruments and the music these make. Thank you for the wonderful resource.
Coen Engelhard Netherlands www.coenengelhard.eu What a wonderful site - great! I just made a G violone - you can see it on my site. Thanks, Coen
Monika Tutschku Weimar, Germany animato@monigamba.de ich habe einige informationen über "greatbassviol" gelesen,leider hatte ich nicht genug zeit für alles. ich werde die seite sicher wieder öffnen,um mehr zu erfahren. herzlichen dank, monika tutschku
Brian Baty Guelph, ON brianbatybass@yahoo.ca Hi Joelle - we met when you were teaching at the National Music Camp with Tim Dawson. I think you were recently out of Curtis and were about to play with the TSO for a season. I was one of the campers. Great site. Thanks for the resources.
Donatella Galletti Italy www.web.tiscali.it/awebd/ I chanced upon your website. I found interesting notes and links - thanks. I'm a lute player from Italy. Kind regards, Donatella Galletti
Shaun Ng Perth, Western Australia shaunkfng@gmail.com Simply great that you have almost all the treatises linked up. A most wonderful viola da gamba resource. Thanks
John Bosley La Mesa, CA johnb@koretech.com Curious about the bass viol. Nothing more. Until today, I didn't realize it had 6 strings and was fretted.
Marie-Françoise Bloch Paris, France m_f_bloch@club-internet.fr Bravo! I'm a professional violist and I visit your site to find pictures to announce my concerts. It's great - Congratulations!
Robert Rawson Excellent website, do please keep up the good work!
Jan Crafoord Tullinge, Sweden jan.crafoord@telia.com
Marianne Henry Bryan, TX mariannehenry@neo.tamu.edu What at great site and resourse. I teach a course at Texas A&M University called Music and the Human Experience. Your great wealth of paintings show just that. This will be great for my students. Thanks so much. Marianne Henry - 1st violin Marian Anderson String Quartet
Ed Ellsworth Morgan Hill, CA ellsworths@verizon.net Just purchased a beatiful Emmanuel Wilfer from Ideal Music in New York. My son will be learning and playing it in Master's College Santa Clarita, CA where he is a music major. We would very much enjoy reading more about the Wilfer family and their history in bass making. Enjoying your web site. Ed
Jack Woehr Colorado, USA jax@well.com Lovely site
Peter McCarthy England petermccarthy@waitrose.com Hi Joelle, it's Peter McCarthy here. I've been the bass player for the English Concert for 14 years, time enough! I was just checking some links and I found myself looking at Eisel on your page. Thanks a lot and well done for having such a great page. Best wishes, Peter
Bonnie Rogers Salem, MA bjrogers@wort.org Great website. Love the images.
Marcos Machado Hattiesburg, Mississippi marcos@marcosmachado.com Very informative website. Congratulations
Marcin Zalewski Warsaw, Poland zalewski_marcin@wp.pl Thank you for very interesting information about the viola da gamba!
Hans Roelofsen Bussum, The Netherlands tindal@worldonline.nl I have visited your admirable website frequently.
Dean Ferrell Reykjavik, Iceland ffrreell@hotmail.com Hi Joelle, Don't know if you remember me from Long Beach, etc. Cool site - you've saved me lots of hassle with program notes. I just recorded the three violone + bass arias with the orchestra here - will try to send you a copy when it's out of the oven. All the best, Dean
Wm. Pannill Houston, TX wpannill@houston.rr.com Joelle - Lovely website. Bill
Felice Bellini Genoa, Italy felicebellini@libero.it A very fine website for musicians - I like it very much - it is one of the best on internet for string players.
Takeshi Sudo Den Haag, Netherlands www.geocities.jp/take_gamba/ Hello Joelle. Your homepage is really GREAT - I put link to your page. Thank you.
Polly Sussex Auckland, New Zealand p.sussex@xtra.co.nz I'm another gambist but I play baroque and classical cello - various sizes - rather than basses. Your icnography is really useful thank you. I teach lots too. I look forward to reading your articles when I can get hold of the journals.
Janet Cannon Toulouse, France jt.cannon@free.fr What a great idea and very nicely done! Thank you.
Antonio Arzolla Rio de Janeiro, Brazil arzolla@uol.com.br Joelle, Your website is really fantastic. I found a lot of things I was searching for. Thank you
Richard Civiol Paris, France www.luth-librairie.estsurle.net Marvelous work - the treatises page is a miracle. Richard
Jannette Stewart UK NettaS@johnruskin.ac.uk I play the viola da gamba and am very interested in the history of the viol so your page was very informative. Thanks!
Hans Lie Watchung, NJ hlie@optonline.net
Erik Buys Antwerp, Belgium erik.buys@tiscali.be Congratulations with your website - it is very interesting - clear and pleasant to look at.
Shannon Purves-Smith Emira, Canada s.purvessmith@rogers.com Great website. I thought your photo was the lutenist - pretty!
Dr. Teddy Kaufman Haifa, Israel tkaufman@netvision.net.il I wish to congratulate you for this amazing website. The iconography section is fascinating and comprehensive.
Jitka Výletová Prague, Czech Republic jitka.vyletova@quick.cz Many greetings and best wishes from your friend
Ariel Eberstein Belgium resina78@hotmal.com I am starting to enter the world of the violone and I found this webpage - a little diamond - great ideas and presentation. Where do you teach? Thanks, Ariel
Ingrid Lindner Hamburg, Germany ingridlindner@web.de Hallo, I got your address from my VdG teacher when I told her that I am looking for VdG pictures or sculptures during our hiking tours. I have got some fotos which are not in your collection. Are you interested in getting the adresses where you can find them? Yours, Ingrid Lindner
Fiona Haywood Isle of Man, British Isles gchaywood@manx.net Wonderful to find this site and so much on continuo which I am just beginning to get involved in again after several years away from viol playing to raise a family. Thank you for this. Inspiring.
Damon Honeycutt New York, NY damon@earthlink.net Thanx for your web page, all hail the antiquarian!
Paul Nowinski New York, NY pnbass@hotmail.com Ed Maday is almost finished restoring my Viennese 5 string violone you saw a few years ago.
David Milward Newcastle upon Tyne, UK www.theviolaworkshop.com Your site contains a host of valuable resources which I have found extremely useful when researching my own field of interest. Thank you.
Jean-Baptiste Collinet Strasbourg, France jean-francois.collinet@neuf.fr Wow! How did I do before I knew your website?! I will definitely put it into my favourites and put a direct link to it on my desktop. Here is everything a gambist may need. Could anybody want more? Great great great job, very well done, beautiful pictures to enlighten it, clear presentation... Thank you so much. Best regards, JB
François Danger Petit Couronne, France atelierdes7cordes@wanadoo.fr What a good website - good information and very easy to use! I'm a French viola da gamba maker. I make historical models about iconographie models and research for a gamba to play today's music. Kind regards, François Danger
Hildegard Moonen Maastricht, Nederland Hillie@Lemmens-Moonen.Demon.nl What a wonderful site!!!
Scott Haigh Cleveland Heights, OH srhaigh@adelphia.net Great site! A real service to those interested in this branch of music and everyone else.
Dr. Lynn Hulse London, England lynn.hulse@zetnet.co.uk Very useful. Thanks
Ayla Deniz Eminaga Kyrenia, Cyprus aylosh91@hotmail.com I enjoyed looking through your site. I am a second year student at the Andolu Guzel Sanat Lisesi in Nicosia Cyprus where I am learning the kontrabass and piano
Nicholas Milne The Netherlands nicholasmilne.tripod.com I think your website is the most comprehensive gamba resource on the web. Fantastic. I have linked you from my site. Nick
Ardo Västrik Tallinn, Estonia vastrik@gmx.net I'm a lecturer of the History of String Music at the Estonian Academy of Music. I was awestruck especially by your iconography section. If anybody could make such a beautiful page as well for the cello, I would have nothing else to add to it, besides thank you and best wishes!
Hubert Dufour Rians, France hubertdufour-luthier@wanadoo.fr This site is really great. You made a very beautiful and useful work for everybody - pro and lovers of our instrument. Thank you!
Curt Briscar Cleveland, OH cbriscar@ulmer.com Your site is very well put together. As a bass player I found it very educational.
Mark Kausch Minneapolis, MN mlkausch@earthlink.net Hi Joelle, We met several years ago at the Berkeley Festival. I play bass and violone for Lyra Baroque Orchestra in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Your site looks great. Hope all is well in your world. Regards, Mark Kausch
Dr. Vito Domenico Liuzzi Bari, Italy vitus69@libero.it It is not the first time that I visit this incredible website. But every time I return really seems to return behind in the time to ancient centuries. According to me greatbassviol.com is the beautifulest site that I have ever visited. I repeat it and I think of repeating it forever. Thank you to exist. With renewed esteem, Dr.Vito Liuzzi
Roger Tremblay Sherbrooke, Quebec rtrembla@videotron.ca Really enjoyed your iconography. I'm a retired university professor (linguistics) and am doing undergraduate studies in music and the arts. I'm concentrating on papers that focus on the integration of music, art and literature. I'm presently working on a rather lengthy paper illustrating the links between music and painting.
Ibi Aziz London, England ibi@gamboviol.freeserve.co.uk Hi there! What a fantastic website! I was just surfing to see if I can find things on Schenk - I'm a gamba player in London and at the moment doing an MMus research on the composer... there's not much of it around! Regards, Ibi
Sushil Raghav Delhi, India sushil@rensofttechnosys.com I like your website very much. I appreciate efforts like this. This website has the information that I wanted. I will always recommend this website to my friends. Thanks
Richard Jones Powfoot, Scotland rjviols.co.uk This is a wonderful resource. I specialise in renaissance viols after Francesco Linarol - paricularly interested in detail of bow and bridge design of earlier viols. Richard Jones
Bill Ritchie Omaha, NE britchie@tconl.com Good morning, Joelle! Just stumbled on this on the site. Looks great. Hope all's well with you.
Susan Barton Dallas, TX svbarton@yahoo.com I'm a viola da gamba, cello and some bass player. I own a consort of renaissance viols by Ray Nurse - two Brescian and two Bolognese. I very much look forward to exploring this site and the links it offers. Susan
Michael Purves-Smith Elmira, Canada s.purvessmith@rogers.com Thank you so much for this site.
Joseph Schubert Los Angeles, CA jeschubert@dslextreme.com I am a student at California State University Los Angeles, working on my master's degree in Choral Conducting. I am in the process of writing a paper on vocal performance practice in renaissance choral music and am also interested in examining facsimilies of choral music for the original mensuration markings.
Lindsay Solda Livermore, CA c.solda@worldnet.att.net Thank you for so much information. I am doing a report for my high school orchestra class on the history of the bass. The other information I have found so far is very general & not as in depth as your site.
Monica Paabo Toronto, Canada mpaabo@sympatico.ca My interest is in baroque flute. I was glad to find the lovely images you have. My favourite of all is Vermeer - Lady at the Virginal. Thanks, Monica
Carlos Garcia Amigo Santiago de Compostela, Spain lete@cellete.com I'm a cellist interested in historical performance practice. I only can say I'm really impressed by your website and I'm sure it will be very helpful in my starting point of researching. Congratulations!
Gene Crouch Camby, IN wecrouch@characterlink.net I met you in the airport at Indianapolis. My daughter plays and teaches the harp.
Nancy Wharton Toronto, Canada cellochamp@yahoo.ca I am a cellist friend of Laura Jones and was at the concert in Toronto on Jan 12. I'm hooked! At this point I am poking around for info. Thanks for a helpful site!
Giovanni Sanguineti Genova, Italy giovanni.sanguineti@libero.it Many compliments for the site and for the hard work to build and manage it. Take care - Giovanni, ISB member and Italian bass club president
Aline Lynn Marietta, GA trisha@moore-cubb.com
Andrea Stuart Montreal, Canada thehappybuddha@hotmail.com You have a graceful and beautiful website. Your research and the resources you make available here are impressive - a true testament to your dedication.
Terry Maurice Guelph, Canada tpmauric@golden.net Great site! Lots of good information and well presented. I posted your site on our Internet Cello Society's Cello Chat group so that other cellists might have a view of it.
Mik Groninger West Palm Beach, FL mikbass@bellsouth.net Thanks- I look forward to delving more deeply into your work preparing for my Le Ange et le Diable concert in Feb. MIK
Mario Torta Frosinone, Italy m.torta@libero.it My best compliments for one the best musical instruments sites I came across - very useful and full of up-to-date information. I am a guitarist and musicologist, particularly involved in matters of music bibliography - which I am currently teaching at the Trieste Tartini Conservatory. Thank you for your effort. Mario
Michael F. Magee Maple City, MI skippykrog@earthlink.net
Mark Vainrot Moscow mvainrot@rol.ru Lots of thanks - fantastique!
Claire Jolivet New York City clairejolivet@aol.com Hi Joelle! What a beautiful website. I found it quite by accident, in my search for violin makers. I have question and will send you quick e-mail. Best, Claire
Barroquito Mexico luistoledo@prodigy.net.mx This site is interesting and compact. Keep up the good work. Bass Rules!
Ian Harwood Ipswich, England harwoodian@ntlworld.com Hello there! Happened on your website this morning - Keep up the good work!
Stefan Nylander Trosa, Sweden nylander5@telia.com Maybe the best website on the viol!
Joel Quarrington Canada siroiscarole@videotron.ca Thanks for the beautiful and inspiring website.
Barbara Eminaga Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus cyprus_gal_1997@hotmail.com I enjoyed your website. I am trying to gather information about the double bass or kontrabass as it is known here for my 11 year old daughter who started to play this month. Thank you, I found it very interesting.
Dmitry Badiarov Brussels, Belgium badiarov-suga_at_skynet.be I found your astonishing beautiful website. Congratulations! I think, we are doing somewhat similar things. You are welcome to visit mine: violadabraccio.com/violin.pictures/ etc. There are a few other things. Best regards, Dmitry Badiarov
Andrew Read Hengelo, The Netherlands aread@eamusic.demon.nl Great site. Thanks for taking the time to put this up. Andrew Read - violonist.
Alejandra Mateos San Angel, Mexico aleluyeska@hotmail.com Hello. I am a music student who plays viol and I would really like to go on with my studies but in my school there isn't any subject concerning viols and my present teacher is going on a sabbatical year so I would really be thankful if you helped me to find a teacher with whom I could have particular classes in order to assist a European ancient music school.
Daniel Reynolds Santa Rosa, CA dpreynld@pacbell.net Great - keep up the good work!
José Vázquez Vienna, Austria orpheon@utanet.at Dear Ms Morton! What a fabulous site! And a lot of work. I would like to use some of your photos on my site: would this be ok? Thank you so much and looking forward to your personal visit to Vienna!
Andrew Brown Vienna, Austria brown@mdw.ac.at Hi Joelle, Nice to see you on the web. Andrew
Marco Pasquino Torino, Italy marviol@libero.it My compliments for this charming site. I am an Italian bowmaker, cellist and gamba player. Marco
Atos Canestrelli Torino, Italy pzca@libero.it I am very happy that your site exist. Atos
Vito Liuzzi Bari, Italy vitus69@libero.it It has been a very big pleasure to visit your fantastic site! Probably it's one of the most interesting I've ever seen. Good job.
Kristin Gould New York, NY kg003@earthlink.net Fantastic Joelle! Congratulations on a beautiful & intelligent & classy website.
Myrna Herzog Raanana, Israel herzom@mail.biu.ac.il Your site is really wonderful, and it has been very helpful! Hats off! I also liked very much your violone article (which I quote). As myself, you are fighting against preconceived ideas which dominate the early music field. It is wonderful that you wrote this article.
Thomas Wolf The Plains, Virginia wolfinstruments@earthlink.net
Bill Bogan Clatskanie, Oregon bilbo@cybertrails.com Bluegrass musician and low-end import bass dealer.
Robert Tueller Rexburg, Idaho tuellerr@byui.edu Hello Joelle, Haven't talked in a while. How are you? I'm conducting/teaching cello and starting a baroque ensemble next fall at BYU Idaho - newest Brigham Young University - send me an e-mail. Robert
Miloslav Duben Vienna, Austria Miloslav.Duben@cello.at The pictures are very nice. I love music and old instruments. I play double bass.
Marcy Jean Bolli Vienna, Austria marcyjean@global-home.net I am a viola da gamba player and have just picked up the violone. I now face my first transatlantic flight with the instrument...
Andrew Ackerman Vienna, Austria agricolissima@hotmail.com Dear Joelle, I just wanted to thank you for a very fine compilation of violone information. All the best, Andrew
Luis Roncayolo Bloomington, IN luis@bloomington.in.us The site is coming along nicely. Looks great!
Richard Myron Paris, France rlmyron@noos.fr Professor at the CNSM and CNR de Paris
Jan Hollestelle Hilversum, Holland jan.hollestelle@ish.nl
John Edwards Toronto, Canada john.edwards@utoronto.ca Holy *$#! I just found greatbassviol.com and would like to add my voice to those who have already told you to get some help! Very compulsive, very informative.
Pat Jordan Toronto, Canada mpat25@istar.ca Great site, Joelle!
Ben Wyatt Los Angeles, CA bhwyatt@hotmail.com Thanks for your wonderful site. I am a cellist/baroque cellist in the LA area and I am glad to have found this resource.
Michael Greenberg Paris, France paribass@free.fr Dear Joelle, I checked out your web site: very impressive! Mes félicitations.
Phil Spray Indianapolis, IN PMSpray@aol.com Dear Joelle, Wonderful website! I bookmarked it and I am certain I will come back to it often. I especially love the list of articles and the paintings. Thank you for all your work!
Andrew Dugas Houston, TX juan_derfal@hotmail.com Hey, Joelle. Fantastic site! Thank you for your knowledge and making the world richer for passing it on.
James Lambert Cincinnati, OH Lambsetots@aol.com Nice work Joelle. This is about the 5th time I've visited; it takes a while to get through.
Burkhard B. Keller Unna, Germany keller@40just-ask.de Dear Joelle, Having admired your knowledge on the history of the violone in a past Bassist edition, I am now very pleased to see this smashing site. Well done!
Max Kasper Halifax, Canada kasper@ns.sympatico.ca Excellent website, Joelle! Very informative and well presented.
Karl Richard Savejs Meriden, CT KarlLeeQue@aol.com I was looking for some info on the approx. time period when the instrument was born, so to speak. Love your angels!
Anne Peterson Wallingford, PA peterson.anne@att.net I'm so impressed with how much information you have available here. Kudos to you, Joelle!
Sven Berggreen Lyngby, Denmark berggreen@teliamail.dk What a treasure chest - amazing work! You're bookmarked for further use - so much information needs several visits. Thank you.
Cathy Paynter Cincinnati, OH wintersmom@fuse.net Looks great Joelle - Congrats!
Tracy Rowell Cleveland Heights, OH vuillaume@earthlink.net Great website, Joelle!
Lisa Terry Woodside, NY lisanterry@aol.com Hi Joelle. Your site is pretty - I'll explore it more soon.
Cris Gandara Coruna, Spain cbaixo@airtel.net Congratulations Joelle - it's a fantastic webpage - the one I had been looking for for years!
Katinka Welz London, England www.orpheuspublications.com What a well-presented and beautifully designed website!
David Saphra Irvington, NY gamba@concentric.net I'll certainly post this great site prominently on my own page. Great job, Joelle!
Barbara Morton Hamilton, Canada b.morton@sympatico.ca I finally got to visit your beautiful website. It's great! I also love that I saw bits of it going together.
Ed Myers Maplewood, NJ edmyers134@aol.com What an elegant, informative site! I enjoyed browsing through it and look forward to exploring it in more detail. Best wishes!
Tony Santonicola Bloomfield, CT asantonicola@snet.net Very classy and I'm impressed. After all, I knew you when...
John Pringle Efland, NC john@pringleviols.com A magnificent site and a great resource - thank you for taking so much trouble and for the link.
Bruce Burchmore Los Angeles, CA jetjag97@aol.com Cool site!
Dick Morton Hamilton, Canada morton@mcmaster.ca Just a first look - I'll visit again later.
Heather Miller Philadelphia, PA hlmiller@bellatlantic.net Your website looks great - I love the colors! It's wonderful that you did it, and I'm sure many people will find it to be a useful resource.
Dennis Trembly Los Angeles trembly@usc.edu Just wanted to say Hi!
Clive Fletcher Dover, UK fletchers3@tinyworld.co.uk What a lovely website - I am so impressed!
Sarah Mandell Los Angeles bernardel@aol.com Great site! Your research and knowledge always impresses and inspires me. Best wishes.
Laurie Heimes Greenville, DE lheimes@aol.com Joelle, so glad to see such wonderful and informative research. The page is really beautiful and I especially like the photos. I hope you will have many visitors to your site.
Barbara Mayer St, Paul, MN bmayer@mn.rr.com Beautiful website. I've made a print of it for the family records.
Madeleine Crouch Dallas, TX info@ISBworldoffice.com Great job! This is a gorgeous and totally useable website. It's really easy to navigate and download. You SHOULD be making money on it!