Bass Viol
Object type: Bass Viol
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: German
Artist: Matthias Humel
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: 18th century
Medium: Spruce and maple
Dimensions: Body L. 70.8 cm (27-7/8 in.);  Body W.: upper bout 34.1 cm (13-1/2 in.), center bout 24.3 cm (9-5/8 in.), lower bout 41.7 cm ( 16-1/2 in.);  Rib H.:  top block 8.8 cm (3-1/2 in.), center bout 12.2 cm (4-7/8 in.), bottom block 12 cm (4-3/4 in.);  String L. 66.5 cm (26-1/4 in.);  Total L. 121.3 cm (47-3/4 in.).
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-bowed-fretted
Geography:     Germany  
Credit line: Gift of George A. Plimpton, by exchange with the New York Public Library, 1976
Accession year: 1976