Bass viol based on model: Personal (Nicolas Bertrand 1699 outline)
TECHNICAL DATA
- String lenght: 695 mm
- Body lenght: 705 mm
Soundboard: Val di Fiemme spruce, 4 bent pieces
Back and sides: Bosnian flamed maple – slab cut
Neck: Bosnian flamed maple – slab cut
F/board and T/piece: Spruce and maple platted with ebony
Pegs, nut and nail: Ebony and bone
Varnish: Oil, based on fossil amber and natural pigments
COMMENT:
For this construction project we followed closely the needs and wishes of our client and we moved away consistently from the original model.
We designed a new empty scroll in a more modern style as requested by the customer, we shortened the string lenght to 69,5 cm (the original is 72.5 cm) and we made the soundboard bent in 4 pieces instead of a carved one.
The back is made of a single piece of slab-cut Bosnian flamed maple (we love so much the aesthetic space/galaxy effect this piece makes).
Sides and neck are made of flamed maple and the soundboard is made of Val di Fiemme spruce.
The varnish is a mixture of self-made oil based on fossil amber and colophony, finished with an antiqued texture.
Bass viol based on model: Personal (Nicolas Bertrand 1699 outline)
TECHNICAL DATA
- String lenght: 695 mm
- Body lenght: 705 mm
Soundboard: Val di Fiemme spruce, 4 bent pieces
Back and sides: Bosnian flamed maple – slab cut
Neck: Bosnian flamed maple – slab cut
F/board and T/piece: Spruce and maple platted with ebony
Pegs, nut and nail: Ebony and bone
Varnish: Oil, based on fossil amber and natural pigments
COMMENT:
For this construction project we followed closely the needs and wishes of our client and we moved away consistently from the original model.
We designed a new empty scroll in a more modern style as requested by the customer, we shortened the string lenght to 69,5 cm (the original is 72.5 cm) and we made the soundboard bent in 4 pieces instead of a carved one.
The back is made of a single piece of slab-cut Bosnian flamed maple (we love so much the aesthetic space/galaxy effect this piece makes).
Sides and neck are made of flamed maple and the soundboard is made of Val di Fiemme spruce.
The varnish is a mixture of self-made oil based on fossil amber and colophony, finished with an antiqued texture.
