7/7 Viola d’amore
Back and Ribs made from fine grained Yew, Spruce soundboard and Pear wood Neck.
Carved head depicting a stylised version of the Greek winged goddess ‘Nike’, coloured with Oil pigments.
Ebony veneered fingerboard and tailpiece and Ebony pegs.
Bone sympathetic string end-pins and Ebony and bone nuts.
Linseed Oil / Pine Resin Varnish.
Silverwound and plain gut playing strings, iron and brass sympathetics.
Photos by Ellen Broughton
““Supremely Resonant!””