Seven String Bass Viol, 1720, Paris, France, French, Maple, spruce, Height: 51 15/16 in. (132 cm), Chordophone-Lute-bowed-fretted, Nicolas Bertrand (1686–1735), This instrument retains its original neck, which was reshaped when the viol was converted to a cello, probably in the late eighteenth or nineteenth century. Bass viols of French origin feature seven strings, an invention of the French viol player Jean de Sainte-Colombe (fl
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Seven String Bass Viol, 1720, Paris, France, French, Maple, spruce, Height, 51 15/16, 132 cm, Chordophone-Lute-bowed-fretted, Nicolas Bertrand, 1686–1735, instrument, retains, original neck, reshaped, viol, converted, cello, late eighteenth, nineteenth century, Bass viols, French origin, feature, seven, strings, invention, viol, player, Jean, de, Sainte-Colombe, fl
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