[VIHUELA] Re: two-bridge viol/vihuela

[Alexander Batov]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob MacKillop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Vihuela" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 8:22 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] two-bridge viol/vihuela


I was talking to a viol maker yesterday and in passing mentioned the
illustrations of viols with two bridges, one flat for da mano, one curved
for d'arco - I'm sure we discussed that here but can't find it in the
archive. Can anyone point me to such images?

Rob MacKillop

Rob, below is what I've posted on the subject last year
(by the way the article is still accessible):

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexander Batov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 2:30 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] More on T.Viti's viol bridge


Turning back to the earlier discussion on this subject, there is a fairly
good quality illustration of the Timoteo Viti's viol painting in the
following article (scroll down to the bottom of page 8):

http://articles.instrumentsmedievaux.org/raultmodif.pdf

.. which, in a way, puts to rest some speculations that were proposed
earlier about the depicted viol's bridge possible ways of construction (i.
e. "two-bridge" plucked / bowed idea, as well one of the bridge's 
"extended
foot" going through the cut-out in the soundboard and resting on the 
back).

In fact, there is just one single bowed bridge!

Painter's tricks with the perspective distortions are to blame, I suppose
..

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Alexander Batov 



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