The Munich Fiedel with four strings and no frets, is derived from an instrument in the painting "The Coronation of the Virgin" dated c.1470 by the anonymous Master of the Life of Mary, in the Munich Alte Pinakathek. It is also multi-sectional, is slightly more waisted, has a peg disc which is boxed, and a separate fingerboard. The flat front has C-shaped soundholes. The back, ribs and arm are in sycamore, the tail-piece and fingerboard in lacewood, and the fittings are in rosewood and boxwood. The well curved bridge makes it suitable for single line melodic performance.
SPECIFICATIONS
Length: 575mm
Width: 205mm
Rib Depth: 40mm
String Length: 315mm
Modern Violin & Viola Tunings: g-d'-a'-e"
Tunings after Jerome of Moravia: g-d'-g'-d"