Treble Viol, 1726, Paris, France, French, Wood, Body length: 34.5 cm., Chordophone-Lute-bowed-fretted, Jean Ouvrard (French, Paris ca. 1720–1748 Paris), This treble viol retains its original neck, fingerboard, and tailpiece, and is a rare example of a professional musician's instrument in unaltered condition. Viols were the most esteemed bowed instruments of the late Renaissance, and only gradually displaced by the violin family in the eighteenth century
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Treble Viol, 1726, Paris, France, French, Wood, Body length, 34.5 cm, Chordophone-Lute-bowed-fretted, Jean Ouvrard, Paris ca., 1720–1748, treble, viol, retains, original neck, fingerboard, tailpiece, rare example, professional musician, instrument, unaltered condition, Viols, esteemed bowed, instruments, late Renaissance, gradually displaced, violin family, eighteenth century
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