Actual Viola Pictured

Iesta Luthier viola-da-gamba-Tenor  after N.Bertrand

The treble viol is a bowed box-lute chordophone of Renaissance Europe. It is the soprano-register member of the viol family of bowed and fretted string instruments played in a vertical position; the Italian name for the instrument is ‘viola da gamba,’ which means ‘leg viol’ and describes how the instrument is held either between or resting on the player's calves. During the Renaissance period and well into the Baroque, viols were played as consorts to perform polyphonic music often in accompaniment of voices.

Viola has been professionaly set up with a hand Carved Baroque Bridge, Pirastro Strings, Sound Post, pegs have been set. This is a stunning Instrument, finished in a genuine hand applied oil varnish.

Body 510mm