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Objekt 1

Double-bass

Object description

Maker unknown

Mittenwald, 1st half of 18th c.

spruce (belly, two parts); maple (back, two parts , ribs, peg-box) ; dark-brown , irregular varnish

body having the form of a viola da gamba; F-holes; peg-box with lion's head five strings

L. 1322 mm, 808 mm (belly), 739 mm (vibrating strings)

Donation Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, Basel. Estate Albert Riemeyer, Zurich

Inv. 1957.436

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