Viola da Gamba Society of America

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Violone

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# of Strings:

7

Place Made:

D,

Body Shape:

Cello

Current Location:

B, Brussels

Sound Holes:

F

Collection:

Musée des instruments de musique

Head:

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Catalog Number:

1435

Label Text:

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Measurements:

String Length:

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Total Length:

175

Body Length:

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Upper Width:

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Rib Depth:

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Middle Width:

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Bottom Width:

58

Previous Owner:

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Information Source:

PT visits 6/77 & 9/78 (?)

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Comments:

Mahillon 1900, 3:55

On museum’s website (front [color])

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Mahillon: Grande basse de viole de gambe; originally 6 strings. New neck and other “réparations et transformations maladroites” are “l’oeuvre d’un luthier ignorant et incapable.” Purchased as part of a collection. Of a size to be played at 16-foot pitch. Museum’s website: “Viole grande basse,” German, date “avant 1900”; long and very curving F-holes, with lower eyes set well below body corners. (Depth, given as 33 cm, probably includes bridge.)