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Archives for January 2023

338: 32cm cornerless viola 2022

26th January 2023

A little while ago I had an interesting call from Stella, a viola player and teacher from Switzerland. Alongside her teaching practice she's working on a dissertation, which has set her thinking more and more about the quality of her pupils' instruments.   She wondered if I had ever made a viola the same size as a half size violin, and if I would be up for making one for her, that her pupils could use, so that they had the experience of a good quality instrument. I'm always up for a … [Read more...]

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Violas: sizes and proportions

Talk given at Viola Day for Teachers at Chetham's School of Music, Manchester in January 2004. It … Read More...

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