BTNRP ยท MS100583
Viola da gamba
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Description
Bass viol with sloping shoulders, deep ribs and C-shaped soundholes. Two-piece spruce top. Back and ribs made of flamed maple. Ivory binding on top (possibly not original). Two large repair patches to inside of back. Ebony fingerboard and nut. Round-shaped finial with inlaid ivory and ebony rings (possibly not original). Eight ebony friction pegs, with ivory button inlay, and eight strings (one copper-wound, three silver-wound and four gut). No frets. Modified tailpiece of rosewood, with tailgut fixing, endpin and saddle. This instrument is part of the Albert C. Spencer collection.