Now that the neck for the viola da gamba is done and attached to the garland, I need to make a workboard.  I learned AFTER I had made all of these parts that the proper way to make these instruments (if there is a "proper" way) is to use a workboard and make the back first, then attache the sides to the back, jined with a fillet of linen tape glued with hot hide glue.  The neck would then be aligned and attached.  The belly would be done last.