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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 289129, member: 55&quot;]Viola da gamba refers to early instruments of the viol family; they preceded the modern violin family.&nbsp;&nbsp; More like 1500 than the time period your piece represents.&nbsp;&nbsp; They were less curvy than violins or cellos; generally played between the legs or upright on the lap; often had more than 4 strings, and were fretted rather than fretless.</p><p>Comparison: <a href="http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Seiten/education/Violin_Vdg_Families.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Seiten/education/Violin_Vdg_Families.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.orpheon.org/OldSite/Seiten/education/Violin_Vdg_Families.htm</a></p><p>I think your piece represents an cello, most likely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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