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In Focus: A c.1776 Domenico Busan viola

2023-01-17T10:01:00

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Joseph Grubaugh and Sigrun Seifert take a look at a viola from the Italian maker

This article appeared in the March 2018 issue

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Maker: Domenico Busan

Nationality: Italian

Born: c.1720

Died: 1783

Instrument: Viola

Year: c.1776

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