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Bass viola da gamba
Alternate name:Bass viol
Maker: Hoffmann
Distributor: Hans-Hermann Kuhl
Date: 1969
Place Made:Germany, 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
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
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.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 02460