A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Viola da Gamba

VIOLA DA GAMBA. The Bass Viol. [See Viol, Violin.] (2) Under the incorrect title of Viol di Gamba it designates an organ stop of 8 ft. pitch, with open pipes, in the choir organ. Considering its imitative aims, it is troubled with a most inappropriate slowness of speech, and in the lower octaves can hardly be used alone.

[ W. Pa. ]