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Alto viol
"Belly of three pieces of pine with simiulated purfling in black paint. Back of two pieces of sycamore. Wooden side-linings. Probably built as a small tenor viol, the body has been cut down at the shoulders to a large treble, or 'alto size. Pegbox with a poorly carved head with long hair, and which black inlaid stringing. Modern tailpiece and fingerboard. Ivory nut (width 4.5 cm). Six ebony pegs." Anthony Baines: Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments. (London, 1998), p. 5.
- Date:
ca. 1650 (made) - Maker:
Unknown - Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum - Inventory number:
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England
- Culture:
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- Materials:Plained pine belly; planed sycamore back and sides; planed ebony fingerboard; carved peg box. .
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- Inscriptions:Andreas Amati Cremoniensis Anno 1637 Andrea Amati of Cremona, in the year 1637
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:
- Repository:Victoria and Albert Museum
- Measurements:Length: 74 cm total length, Length: 40.6 cm Length of belly, Depth: 5.3 cm, Length: 39 cm string length, Width: 21 cm Width of upper bout, Width: 26 cm Width of lower bout
- View the original record:http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O140025