Viole d’Amour (Viola d’Amore) and Violins on Display

A wall-mounted display of historic bowed string instruments centered on a viole d’amour (viola d’amore), flanked by two violins. The viola d’amore is a Baroque-era instrument similar in size to a viola but distinguished by its use of sympathetic strings — additional strings that run beneath the fingerboard and vibrate in response to the played strings, producing a resonant, shimmering tone. The instrument typically has an extended pegbox to accommodate the extra tuning pegs. A wall label above identifies the instrument as “Viole d’Amour (Viola d’Amore).”