Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Nurnberg)

Viola da gamba by Ernst Busch 1630 - 1641

38
Drawing by N.Dervic & M.Ercole - Liuteria Ca' Rion

Fingerboard and tailpiece: Ebony

Back and sides: Birdeye maple

Bars and blocks: Spruce

Soundpost plate: Maple
24,5

Soundboard : Spruce
9 50,2

Rosette: Walnut

Neck: Maple
Linen reinforcements
7

Materials:
7
Back
thickness Side's joint reinforcements
3.5 -3.7 (not original)

43,8

9
8
36,7

14
27

85
27

28
29

25

29
29
24

27

30
31

30
31

Label (StadelMann 1780)

30

27

33
27
32

29
33
33
32
35
33
34

30

31

27
33

30
34
35
34
37
41
42
42
44
43
42
30

41
26

Rosette
22
35
44
43
43
41
42
44
46
45
46

38
32
35
32
37
38

38
38
39

38
39
39
34

40
32
30

15,5
35
36
30
40

32
30
29

26

408
33

32
32

8
33

26
27
29
31

31
24
23

32
32

25
30

24
26

26

Linen reinforcements
43

10
6

45,4 13
22

66

21
28 121
14

thickness
1.7-1.9
Sides

All purfilings
1.2 55,2

67
74,4
82,8
81
507
625

119
90
measured on the arching
Soundpost plate
Joint plate
thickness

thickness
6
3

String lenght
(theoric)
634

66
20
8
29,4

2,5
reinforcements
Side's joint

13
188

7 3,5
40
24

125
21

Scale 10 cm
32 36