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The Violin Gallery: Comprising: Section I. South Kensington Special …, 1890
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1STRINGED INSTRUMENTS PLAYED WITH A BOW.
3The predecessors of our present instruments of this class,—treble viol, viola da gamba, &c.—were provided with frets on the finger-board, like the lute, and had generally six strings. The body was usually made slanting towards the neck, and the back was flat. The boat-shaped form of the Italian sardino resembles the ancient rebec.
554 SORDINO. Carved negro head.
7Lent by Professor Oakeley, Edinburgh University.
955 SORDINO. Lent by Professor Oakeley, Edinburgh University.
1156 SORDINO. ITALIAN. 17th century. "Boat-shaped: carved head."
12Length, 16 in. Lent by Mr. C. J. Read, Salisbury.
1457 SORDINO. ITALIAN. By Matthias Albanus, 1680. Ebony and ivory.
15Lent by Mr. J. Talbot, Cordier Hill, Guernsey.
1758 SORDINO. FRENCH. Dated 1647. Lent by Mr. J. Hare. (S. K. M.)
1959 SORDINO. ITALIAN. About 1600. The body is of tortoise-shell; carved head of ebony and ivory. Length, 14 in. Lent by Mr. Carl Engel.
2160 SORDINO. Probably ENGLISH. 17th century.
22Lent by Mr. Carl Engel. (S. K. M.)
2461 SORDINO. Wood and ivory. Lent by M. de Snoeck, Renaix.
2561a SORDINO. Wood and ivory. Lent by M. de Snoeck, Renaix.
2661b SORDINO. Finely carved head. Lent by M. de Snoeck, Renaix.
2761c SORDINO. Ebony and ivory. Lent by M. de Snoeck, Renaix.
2861d SORDINO. Tortoise-shell and ebony. Lent by M. de Snoeck, Renaix.
2961e SORDINO. Body of ivory; fingerboard of tortoise-shell.
30Lent by M. de Snoeck, Renaix.
3161f SORDINO. Unusually large size. Lent by M. de Snoeck, Renaix.
3261g SORDINO. Of a peculiar shape. Lent by M. de Snoeck, Renaix.
3361h POCHETTE, or Kit. Shape of a violin. Lent by M. de Snoeck, Renaix.
3461i POCHETTE. With several incurvations at the sides.
35Lent by M. de Snoeck, Renaix.
3762 POCHETTE (Sordino). Ebony and ivory. Carved head. In case ornamented with fleurs-de-lys.
38Lent by M. Jubinal, Paris.
4063 POCHETTE. Tortoise-shell and ivory. Carved head. In case ornamented with fleurs-de-lys.
41Lent by M. Jubinal, Paris.
4364 POCHETTE. In an ornamented case. Lent by M. Jubinal, Paris.
4565 POCHETTE. Ebony and ivory; carved head. Lent by M. Jubinal, Paris.
4765a KIT. Miniature violin. Carved head. Probably GERMAN. 17th century. one of two readings
48S. K. M. one of two readings
4965a KIT. Miniature violin. Carved head. Probably GERMAN. 17th century. S. K. M. one of two readings
5166 KIT. "Of the Cremona pattern." Lent by Mr. J. Gordon Smith, London.
5366a KIT (French Pochette). Made by N. Remy, Paris, 18th century.
54Lent by Mr. C. J. Read, Salisbury.
5667 KIT. ITALIAN. About 1600. Lent by Mr. Carl Engel. (S. K. M.)
5868 VIOLETTA PICCOLA. ITALIAN. 17th century. This small species of Treble Viol was called by the French "Haute-contre."
59Lent by Mr. Carl Engel. (S. K. M.)
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