Medieval Fiddle after da Vinci by Fabio Chiari Type of String_Fretting Gut After the decoration of the

After the decoration of the case exterior

Hassler: Von dey Geburt Christi

Corpus width: Up 190 mm / Mid 156 mm / Low 211

This is a must have book for Early Musicians and Early Music lovers

The silver harp bundle comes with this 22-string lever harp

Medieval Fiddle after da Vinci by Fabio Chiari Type of String_Fretting Gut After the decoration of theThis medieval fiddle (vielle or lira) is made by Italian master luthier Fabio Chiari. Its design is inspired by an instrument made by Leonardo da Vinci around 1500. Unfortunately none of da Vinci's drawings or writings about his instrument have survived, but it is mentioned by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters and Sculptors. Contemporaneous reports by Vasari and others describe da Vinci giving the Duke of Milan a silver lira