violada gamba

viola da gam·ba (gämʹbə, gămʹ-) n.

1. A stringed instrument, the bass of the viol family, with approximately the range of the cello. Also called bass viol, gamba, viol.

2. An organ stop of eight-foot pitch yielding tones similar to those of the viola da gamba.

  [Italian : viola, viol + da, of, for + gamba, leg.]

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