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.