BASS VIOLA DA GAMBA
This instrument is a copy, without the decorations on the back and fingerboard, of the original instrument in the Gemeentemuseum, the Hague.
This graceful instrument has a distinctive horsehead scroll. The carved front has a shallow arch and elaborate S-shaped soundholes. The back is flat and the ribs taper in depth towards the arm. Figured maple is used for the back, ribs and arm, and the latter is carved out of one piece of wood, which is hollowed out to lighten it. A fingerboard of ebony or blackwood veneer is added to the arm, which is purfled with boxwood. The unusual tailpiece is made of ebony or blackwood with a boxwood purfling to match the fingerboard. The elaborate tuning pegs are also made of ebony. The upper bouts of the instrument have corners and the lower bouts are rounded, and they overhang the ribs front and back. The external linings are in fruitwood.
SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 1200mm
Maximum width: 320mm
Rib depth: 150mm
String length: 720mm
Tuning: D G c e a d'