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Violin of Josef Lanner(1801-1843),composer and friend of Johann Strauss father,with whom he founded the Vienna waltz tradition.Violin by Franz Geissenhof,1817, who modelled his violins after those of Stradivarius. Strauss father and son both played Geissenhof violins.
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Violin of Josef Lanner(1801-1843),composer and friend of Johann Strauss father...

Lute, back. Wood, reddish varnish (around 1520), from Bologna. Length 81.5 cm Inv. 28-C 320 Obbizzi Collection
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Lute, back. Wood, reddish varnish (around 1520), from Bolo...

Lute, front. Wood, reddish varnish (around 1520), from Bologna. Length 81.5 cm Inv. 28-C 32 Obbizzi Collection
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Lute, front. Wood, reddish varnish (around 1520), from Bolo...

Lira da braccio (lyre), 1511, the oldest specimen known. Detail: neck for pegs (front) shaped like a female head. From Verona Obbizzi Collection
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Lira da braccio (lyre), 1511, the oldest specimen known. Detail:...

Lira da braccio (lyre), 1511, the oldest specimen known. Detail: neck for pegs (back) with a satyr's face. From Verona. Obbizzi Collection
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Lira da braccio (lyre), 1511, the oldest specimen known. Detail:...

Lira da braccio (lyre), 1511, the oldest specimen known. Detail: back of the instrument, close-up: acantus leaves, mascaron, and male torso. From Verona. Obbizzi Collection
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Lira da braccio (lyre), 1511, the oldest specimen known. Detail:...

Lira da braccio (lyre), 1511, the oldest specimen known. Back of instrument: mascaron, acanthus leaves, male torso, satyr's face on neck of the instrument. From Verona. Obbizzi Collection
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Lira da braccio (lyre), 1511, the oldest specimen known. Back of instrumen...

Lira da braccio (lyre), 1511, the oldest specimen known. Detail: front of the instrument with female torso. From Verona. Obbizzi Collection
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Lira da braccio (lyre), 1511, the oldest specimen known. Detail: front of...

Lira da braccio (lyre), 1511, the oldest specimen known. Front of the instrument: female torso, satyr's face on neck of the instrument. From Verona. Obbizzi Collection
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Lira da braccio (lyre), 1511, the oldest specimen known. Front of...

Descant recorder. Length 30.5 cm Inv. 129-C 139 Obbizzi Collection
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Descant recorder. Length 30.5 cm...

Descant recorder in wooden case for four pipes, length 25 cm Descant recorder (foreground), length 39.5 cm Basset recorder (centre), length 84 cm Obbizzi Collection
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Descant recorder in wooden case for four pipes, length 2...

Pandurina (late 16th) Front: black wood and ivory striped body, four cords. Length 46 cm Obbizzi Collection
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Pandurina (late 16th) Front: black wood and iv...