Talk:Violone

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[edit] Bass Violin

On the cello discussion page I have posted an objection to describing the Violone as a viol in the context of the derivation of name Violoncello; I'll add a line here in the article. Sparafucil 20:15, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

The violone is a viol--the largest size. No question. The presence of the root "viol-" in the word "violoncello" is a vestigial etymological holdover, nothing more. Badagnani 20:16, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Violone obsolete?

I don't think it should be described as obsolete (unless you are going to describe all the viol family, recorders, lutes, etc as obsolete). I know people who play the violone and at least one person who builds them. Bluewave 16:52, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox

The related instruments section of the new infobox is not good, as it includes way too many instruments that are not closely related. Badagnani (talk) 01:08, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Fixed it. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Musical Instruments.

__Just plain Bill (talk) 07:17, 19 November 2007 (UTC)