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Alan Bedford Link to this
Instructive photographs of a lyra viol can be found at: http://www.mdw.ac.at/I105/orpheon/Seiten/Instru...
Michael Robinson Link to this
Small bass viol popular in England during the 17th century.
For further details of this and othe viols and their tuning see:-
http://www.vdgsa.org/pgs/stuff.html
A Brief Introduction to Playing on the Bass Viol from: Playford, An Introduction to the skill of music” (1674) see:-
http://www.violadagamba.org/html/playford1.html
Pepys appears to have owned a copy of the following, with additional blank leaves bound in for further lessons to be added in Ms., Playford’s “Musick’s Recreation: on the Lyra Viol. Being a collection of new and excellent lessons.” 165[2]; see Diary, Sat May 23rd. 1663.
Jose Vazquez Link to this
The above reference to the photographs of a lyra-viol has been changed due to a change in the computer at my university. The present referent address is:
www.orpheon.org
There go to collection, then viola da gamba.
Sincerely,
José Vázquez