Are not the two unusually long pegs for the sympathetic strings, supported at the lower level of the bridge, which are visible shortly before the end of the video?
yes I thought the same after seeing the bridge with the extra inner bridge, lined with ebony wood. May be this instrument started as a viola d‘amore - and someone mucked around with it…
Yes, sorry, you are both right! As I know the strict relation with Antonio Mosca with Firenze I didn’t check better. From another source I got that that controviolino is private property of Antonio Mosca, made following the Valentino de Zorzi, by luthier Barbara Briscik. And she writes she added the two resonance strings on it. Antonio Mosca is a te known Baroque cellist in Torino (my hometown) where he raised with his wife a huge Suzuki school and he has a big cello orchestra with various sizes of instruments, from violoncello piccolo to 3 strings bassetto.
Are not the two unusually long pegs for the sympathetic strings, supported at the lower level of the bridge, which are visible shortly before the end of the video?
yes I thought the same after seeing the bridge with the extra inner bridge, lined with ebony wood. May be this instrument started as a viola d‘amore - and someone mucked around with it…
Yes, sorry, you are both right! As I know the strict relation with Antonio Mosca with Firenze I didn’t check better. From another source I got that that controviolino is private property of Antonio Mosca, made following the Valentino de Zorzi, by luthier Barbara Briscik. And she writes she added the two resonance strings on it. Antonio Mosca is a te known Baroque cellist in Torino (my hometown) where he raised with his wife a huge Suzuki school and he has a big cello orchestra with various sizes of instruments, from violoncello piccolo to 3 strings bassetto.
You can hear more at the following link:
https://soundcloud.com/barbara-briscik
I will edit the article for more clarity, thanks for your comments!