Hmm. Cool. So what makes it different from a cello? To go low like that I would think it needs a rather large body.
Funny, it didn't even sink in until this morning. I was reading bass viola and thinking bass cello. My daughter actually plays viola (in preference over the violin).
A couple of years ago I had an old violin that belonged to my mother refurbished. It was in rough shape and I had no idea what sort of instrument it was, but I thought it might be better than the school instruments my daughter was playing. Turns out it is a very nice violin (not quite concert quality), but my daughter much preferred to stick with the viola.
Anyway, I think I'm going to pick this disk up.