CONSORT
OF RENAISSANCE VIOLAS
(in italiano)
The cultural
association "Pro Musica Antiqua" in Belluno
sells, due to closing down, a set of four Renaissance
violas. The instruments were made by Mr. Fabrizio
Reginato, a lute-maker from Asolo (Treviso)
&ndash Italy, basing them on the model of an
Italian instrument of the second end of the XVIth
century, still guarded in Bologna. The four
instruments are:
- a D
soprano viola (1981); height 70 cm;
maximum width cm.21 cm; diapason 35 cm.
- a G
contralto-tenore viola (1977); height cm
95; maximum width 30 cm; diapason 55 cm.
- a D
bass viola (1977); height 114 cm; maximum
width 36 cm; diapason 63 cm.
- a D
violone (1983); height 157 cm; maximum
width 54 cm; diapason 94 cm.
Each instrument
has its own handmade bow and its rigid case.
All the violas
have the Renaissance characteristics of a convex
bottom and a hollow flngerboard functioning as a
sound box.
Very
interesting from a qualitative point of view is the
bottom of the bass viola made of a single board
hand-hollow.
Detailed photos
of the set are available and they will be sent on
request.
As for the
purchase, the whole set will have to be considered.
If you are
interested, please contact:
Sergio Rigo
Piazza S. Stefano 24 –
Belluno tel. 0437-27615
Via S. Lucano 28 - Belluno tel.
e fax 0437-944021
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