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Fretwork with renaissance viols
The viols I have made for Fretwork are all based on the Francesco Linarol "tenor" in the Kunsthistorische Museum in Vienna. I scaled it up and down to arrive at stringlengths of 50 cm for the two tenors in A, 73 cm for the bass in D, and ca. 92 cm for the big bass in A.
They all have ribs and backs in flamed birch. The fronts are flat along the instrument and bend across two arched crossbars. No soundpost!
audio samples:
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Ottaviano dei Petrucci
Harmonice Musices Odhecaton
Fretwork
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La Morra - Heinrich Isaac
A sample from the 2002 CD 'Petrucci' with Fretwork on renaissance viols by Henner Harders
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