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Objekt 15

Viola in Chanot Form

Object description

attributed to François Chanot (1760–1823)

Paris, c. 1820

Spruce (belly, one part); maple (back, one part. ribs, neck, peg-box); orange-brown, transparent varnish

Body in guitar-form; sickle-shaped sound holes; peg-box with scroll Inclined backwards

L. 628 mm, 394 mm (belly), 364 mm (vibrating strings)

Special form, attempt to improve the sonority by changing the structure

Purchase

lnv. 1963.91.

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