In the Chapel Royal there were about eighty musicians daily in attendance, violins, hautboys, violas, double-basses, choristers, etc.
"Great Violinists And Pianists"
George T. Ferris
There were ninety violins, thirty violas, twenty-one 'celli, and twenty double-basses, and of these all except the double-basses had been pupils of Joachim, the violas and 'celli having been his pupils in chamber music.
"Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday"
Henry C. Lahee
One of his motets calls for an orchestra of eight trombones, eight violas, eight large flutes, a spinet and a large lute.
"Some Forerunners of Italian Opera"
William James Henderson