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Bass viol

'Belly of five pieces of pine, double purfled [bordered]. Back of two pieces of maple. The body is built without any side linings. The neck, with a shaped root, has been narrowed to 5 cm wide at the root, but the fingerboard is 2 cm wider, with an ebony nut 6 cm wide. Open scroll. Tailpiece and fingerboard of ebony with ivory stringing, the tailpiece being attached to a hook-bar. Six oak pegs, probably modern.' - Anthony Baines: Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard insturments. (London, 1998), p. 3.

  • Date:
    ca. 1600 (made)
  • Maker:
    Rose, John
  • Collection:
    Victoria and Albert Museum
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  • Place of production:
    London
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  • Materials:Planed and purfled (bordered) pine sound board; planed ebony fingerboard; planed mapel back and sides.
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  • Inscriptions:John Rose
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  • Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Measurements:Length: 127 cm, Length: 70.5 cm belly, Depth: 10 cm, Width: 39 cm bouts, maximum, Length: 42 cm string