Hello everyone,
I know this may not necessarily be the place to post this, but I’m sure there are some of you out there who have viola/cello envy ;)
Please follow this link if you would be interested in potentially purchasing a 16.5 in viola.
http://youtu.be/3kc2ezrQELY
Armand
Armand, this sounds lovely. Seems to me that you yourself should buy this instrument.
Lovely fiddling - great lift and swing.
Keep it! Put up some more videos!
Don’t you dare keep it. Buy a melodeon!
--Dan
I enjoyed that … keep it
Guys, it’s not his to keep! Although isn’t possession 9/10 of the law, or something?
Anyway, the YouTube blip reads: “My fellow classmate at the North Bennet Street School, Jacob Mueller, is selling his newly finished viola, modeled after the 1676 Conte Vitale by Andrea Guarneri.”
I still say keep it
yeah, buy it at “mate’s rates”!
Yeah, go on … he’s not your mate if you don’t get the mate rate.
The mate rate? That’s great! Why haven’t I heard of this before? One of my mates has some nice stuff…
If you’ve not heard of it, you’ve nae mates
Darn
Would love to check it out, the recording sounds wonderful. Unfortunately as it appears the instrument/seller is in the boston area and I’m in California it doesn’t sound like that’ll work out too well. Good luck.
I’m wondering how a viola fits into ITM? I ask because my daughter is going to learn viola for 2 weeks in school and then will have her choice of cello, viola, or violin. I assumed violin would be better for ITM so we could share music.
Anna-Wendy Stevenson of the Scottish band Fine Friday does wonderful things with a viola. I guess there is room for somebody to do something comparable with it in ITM, but perhaps not in a session.
In a session it will make it easier to play most tunes an octave lower, which can give a lovely depth to the sound, and a viola will sound better at this than most acoustic 5-stringers or octave violins.
