Contrabass, brief description
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“Classification
Chordophone, necked lute, stringed instrument. Contrabass instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello)
Head
Scroll and pegbox with tuning mechanism. 4 rear pegs
Neck
Material: maple. Fretless fingerboard made of ebony.
Body
Length: approx. 100–140 cm, box form. 115 cm usual for orchestral instruments.
Belly with F-shaped sound holes, back, ribs 23 cm high (twice as high as the cello’s).”