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Treble viola da gamba
Alternate name:Treble viol
Maker: Conrad A. Götz
Date: 1969
Place Made:West Germany, Europe
Model: 1170
Serial No: 27
SignedPrinted on papper label with single line border, the last two digits of year, serial number, and model number written in blue ballpoint pen: Weſt Germany / [in box] Götz Conrad A. Götz 1969 / Inſt. Nr. 27 Mod. Nr. 1170
Markingsnone
DescriptionTop: two-piece spruce: fine grain bound in ebony; C-shaped soundholes; tropical hardwood pierced rose with ivory ring
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: irregular, narrow curl descending from center joint
Sides: slab-cut maple: very broad curl; one-piece lower rib
Head and neck: maple: plain; pegbox terminates in an open scroll
Fingerboard and tailpiece: tropical hardwood with open pores and prominent flecks with rosewood pieces at edges
Pegs: rosewood
Back: two-piece, quarter-cut maple: irregular, narrow curl descending from center joint
Sides: slab-cut maple: very broad curl; one-piece lower rib
Head and neck: maple: plain; pegbox terminates in an open scroll
Fingerboard and tailpiece: tropical hardwood with open pores and prominent flecks with rosewood pieces at edges
Pegs: rosewood
DimensionsTotal length: 729mm
Back length: 402 mm
Vibrating string length: 386 mm
Back length: 402 mm
Vibrating string length: 386 mm
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979.
Terms
Credit Line: Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Not on view
Object number: 02463