Viola d'amore
by Mathias Fichtl
Vienna, 1711
Body length 380 mm Upper width 185 mm Middle width 120 mm Lower width 232 mm Rib height 42-49 mm String length 368 mm
The solo viola player of the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra, Sviatoslav Belonogov,
trying out the viola d'amore by Salomon of the collection. Here is how it sounded (click on photo!):
updated01.01.2010