16″ Poplar Viola 2019

Back: Poplar
Top: Italian Spruce
Neck: Cherry

Antiqued oil varnish

Body length: 407 (16.5 -“)
Bouts: 196, 140, 236
Ribs: 35 at top block, 37 at lower
String length: 366
Stop: 216

This viola was built with very full archings which gives slightly more body volume but also greater downward pressure on the bridge which tends to a more robust sound.  In combination with the warmth of a poplar back, the result is a very full bodied sound