Necked fiddles; tenor viol

A tenor Viol, 'cornerless', with body in an elongated figure of 8. Six strings. The belly of pine, medium to wide grain, has a line of single purfling. The back and ribs are of maple. The two-piece back is of medium horizontal irregular curl, unpurfled; the ribs of faint curl. The head and neck from another instrument, suggesting that the original viol may have been converted for use as a viola and later re-converted to its earlier state. Head and neck of plain wood, the eyes of the volute do not project. The varnish is of a reddish-brown colour showing signs of later re-touching.