At 12:42 PM 3/15/2007, you wrote: >Neill Vanhinsberg wrote: > > > It's a viol. Descended from the violone. > >The double bass section of a modern orchestra is something of a racial >melting pot. Some instruments have violin bodies while others have the >slope-shouldered viol form. Post-baroque basses have historically >taken a number of forms. Two centuries ago there were versions with >three strings and five strings.
Even one (or at least ca. 1.25) century ago in some cases. I believe Bottesini (1821-1889) often played 3-string versions. Best, Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
