Aegidius Klotz II Viola (baroque)
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1780
name: label: maker
content: Klotz II, Aegidius
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This viola was made by Aegidius Klotz II, in Mittenwald, Germany, about 1780. It is a baroque viola, made of a two-piece table of spruce, back of maple in one piece with an irregular fine horizontal figure, ribs are of similar maple, reset original maple neck, pegbox and scroll, and semi-transparent orange-brown varnish.</p>
label: Description (Brief)
content: <p>This instrument has a reproduction Nicolo Amati label placed in the viola by Aegidius Klotz II, (1733-1805, son of Sebastian Klotz), in recognition of the Amati model. Typical for these Aegidius “copies” are unusually long pegboxes, moderately high archings, nicely selected wood and a semi-transparent orange varnish. This instrument retains the reset original neck, interior blocks, linings and original bass-bar.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Mittenwald
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.69.12
label: catalog number
content: 69.12
label: accession number
content: 282346
objectType: label: Object Name
content: viola
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: spruce (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: maple (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 7/16 in x 9 in x 4 in; 69.69125 cm x 22.86 cm x 10.16 cm