Word: viol
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Because his patron, Prince Nicolaus Esterhazy, liked to play a hollow-necked, stringed instrument called the baryton, Haydn composed at least 125 divertimenti for it, of which five are exhumed by the Salzburger Baryton Trio. To many ears, the recording will be an eloquent argument for keeping the twangy viol locked in museums...
...quality. At the Spoleto Festival, they wouldn't believe it." Mrs. Hutchins' new instruments, some of which have already been played, are even more unbelievable: they run a wide gamut of tones-from an octave higher than the violin to the lowest tones of the present bass viol-and they do so with equal timbre and loudness each step of the way. Only an instrument maker with Mrs. Hutchins' combination of craftsmanship and science could have made them...