A personal model Viola d'Amore made in the historical European viol shaped outline, with a carved arched top and flat / canted back. 

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There are 7 bowed upper strings, over 7 lower non-bowed resonance strings. 

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The top is delicately carved from lovely old Engelmann Spruce, 1/4 cut, bookmatched, and of a beautiful fine even grain. There is an inlaid rosette carved from Black Walnut with an abalone shell inlay in the shape of a heart. 

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The flat back with matching sides are from a Catalpa tree that grew local to where I live; wood I had milled up 30 years ago, flat sawn and showing a beautiful grain. 

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The carved cherub head, elongated peg box, and neck attachment are carved from a single piece of 1/4 European Maple. The fingerboard and tailpiece are carved from Jatoba wood. 

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The instrument is varnished a warm reddish-brown over a yellow amber ground, slightly antiqued to pronounce figure and grain. 

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This Viola d'Amore plays with a warm, resonant, etherial tone; magnified by the sympathetic vibration of the 7 resonance strings. 

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Length of top = 49.6 cm

Upper bout width = 18.6 cm

Center bout width = 12.5 cm

Lower bout width = 24.4 cm

Rib heights = 3.8 cm - 4.7 cm - 4.8 cm

String length = 36.5 cm

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Catalog #437

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