BENDING OVER FRONTWARD
The making of a bent-top viola da gamba
A photographic peek inside the workshop of
Simone Zopf
(Vienna and Hallstatt, Austria)
This depiction of a bass viola da gamba from around 1600 shows clearly that the top was not constructed from one single plank or two planks of wood, as is usual in traditional violin-making, but instead, from (probably) seven or eight strips of wood joined together.
Instrument-making School Hallstatt