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7-strings Bass Viola da Gamba after
Michel Colichon 1693
Belly from quartered Italian spruce
with bent-carved tecnique, back and ribs from European walnut.
Fingerboard and tailpiece with ebony veneering.
Pegs are from ebony. The string length
is 71 cm.
Viola da braccio copy of Hieronymus
Brensius Bononiensis, Bologna 16th Century
(Museo Civico Medievale, Bologna -
Inv. nr. 1757)
A five strings instrument made after
an original. The belly is from quartered spruce with typical renaissance
c-holes with wooden walnut insert rose. Back, ribs and neck are
from walnut as wel as fingerboard and tailpiece which have also
boxwood stripe veneerig. Pegs are from boxwood. The string length
is 32 cm.
A typical Renaissance instrument suitable
for those ensembles who perform Italian music of the 16th and
17th century (eg. Orlando di Lasso and Claudio Monteverdi). Comparing
with a violin it has a closer sound to viola da gamba and can
be easly used for singers accompaniment.
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