Summary
Photographic documentation of the collection of historic lutes preserved at Kremsmünster Abbey, near Linz in Austria. The survey, carried out in January 2005, recorded the diameter of the bass string holes in the bridges and produced the first published images of this remarkable monastic collection. The data feed the “Museum Old String Database” curated by Aquila Corde Armoniche.
Key takeaways
- Survey carried out at Kremsmünster Abbey (Linz) in January 2005.
- First images ever published of the historic lutes preserved in this monastic collection.
- Systematic measurement of the bridge-hole diameters for bass strings.
- Sixteen photographic records document the instruments and their bridge details.
Scope of the survey
Investigation concerning the lute bass bridge-hole diameters (January 2005).
(These are the first pictures ever published of this very interesting collection.)
Gallery of the photographic survey
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