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Our go-to device when we want to change something in our design or to check some measures
How it’s made - Part 6: Archings planning
Apr 1
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Violoncello da Spalla or Fagottgeige
An insight from our friend Kate Walpole, musicologist in Dresden.
Sep 20, 2024
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An account of a two-day 1685 party, featuring a ladies orchestra (including a Violoncello da Spalla) in multiple theater performances.
L’orologio del Piacere, 1685, in Piazzola sul Brenta
Apr 11, 2024
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Images from Villa Contarini
Baroque landscape and a bit of iconography, from Piazzola sul Brenta, Italy!
Mar 30, 2024
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Was it in a world upside-down that the cello was played “da spalla”?
Our visit to Villa Contarini
Mar 20, 2024
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Development of gut strings between 1848 and 1952 (strings, part 2)
I’m receiving more and more questions about gut strings, so I thought I should share this video with a talk that I gave two years ago for the Women in…
Feb 10, 2024
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Revival of viola pomposa in Italian opera in the beginning of the 20th century.
Research does not always get you where you’d hoped for!
Jan 10, 2024
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Updated book on Violoncello da Spalla is out!
The third edition of our book on Violoncello da Spalla is now available on Amazon!
Dec 14, 2023
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A chronicle of a 1738 private party featuring a viola pomposa!
By J. A. Hiller
Oct 20, 2023
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Leopold Mozart on Violoncello da Spalla
Or better say Tiny-Hand-Bass
Oct 6, 2023
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A first Renaissance of the pomposa
A firm from Markneukirchen offered pomposas in the late 1930s!
Jun 16, 2023
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Modern Violoncello da Spalla from 1900 Markneukirchen
The pomposa by E. R. Schmidt.
Jun 9, 2023
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