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Introducing the Violoncello da Spalla (youtu.be)
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[–] Xenoceratops 2 points 2 years ago

That was the best take they could get of the Bach prelude?

I agree about the bassoon-like tone. Pretty cool stuff.

There is a discussion of the historical debates of this and similar instruments in "The Violoncello, Viola da Spalla and Viola Pomposa in Theory and Practice" by Dmitry Badiarov.