Plans for the Bass Viola da gamba by Michael Albanus, Graz, 1706

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Michael Albanus, the son of the Bolzano luthier, Matthias Albanus, moved to Graz, where he founded the important violin making school of that city. These very detailed and full-sized plans are available thorugh Orpheon or you may wish to contact Simone Zopf

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Simone Zopf and José Vázquez in Hallstatt, October, 2003
Viola da gamba by Albanus in the foreground, two copies in the background!