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Bass viola da gamba
Bass viola da gamba
Bass viola da gamba

Bass viola da gamba

Alternate name(s)
  • Bass viol
Date1969
Place MadeGermany, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedBranded on back button: A / H
Branded on inside of back: EN
Gold and black sticker on back of pegbox: Made in Germany
Markingsnone
DescriptionTop: two-piece spruce: narrow grain broadening to wide at the edges; C-shaped soundholes
Back: two-piece quarter-cut maple: very narrow curl
Sides: quarter-cut maple: very narrow curl
Head and neck: maple with faint, broad curl; pegbox terminates in a woman's head
Fingerboard and tailpiece: rosewood
Pegs: rosewood
DimensionsBack length: 722 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02460
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