Michael Albanus (1677-1730) descended from a dynasty of highly gifted Tyrolean masters from Bozen (now Bolzano). An excellent violin by his father, Matthias is in the collection (Nr. 4). Michael emigrated to Graz, worked in the atelier of Wolfgang Sagmayr, which he took over after his death. His work reminds one of Jakob Stainer, as was the norm for the Habsburg Empire.
At present this bass viola da gamba is on permanent loan to Lúcia Krommer,
Pecs, Hungary, who is a principal member of the Orpheon Consort.
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| Body length | 675 mm |
| Upper width | 322 mm |
| Middle width | 236 mm |
| Lower width | 396 mm |
| Rib height | 137 mm |
| String length | 697 mm |
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