Christian Bayon´s bench

[christian bayon]

Varnishing the Bergonzi violin and my bench copy of the Amati brothers 45cm (17 3/4) uncut viola. With pic of the original .

[Ken_N]

Straight on photos are nice, The Guadagnini viola I'm making now is from a few photos; I didn't have a full shot. But photos like these are far better. That Amati viola looks very slender. My much smaller Guadagnini viola has a 145 mm waist on the belly.

Hundreds of years of rubbing, shellac, and buffing is very hard to duplicate, and I imagine it would be difficult to keep up if it was played daily. I like that your varnish has texture. There often is a subtle change in color, right from the beginning too. Yes, the bench copies have a lot more, but time can do what it will, they way it wants to.

[Urban Luthier]

Beautiful Christian - looking forward to seeing more of your Amati copy!

[christian bayon]

Working on the patina for the Amati viola copy.

 

[christian bayon]

Having fun on a rainy day!Mix of Amati and Bayon.

[Urban Luthier]

Hard to tell the difference!

[christian bayon]

I delivered the Amati Brothers copy yesterday. Pics of the copy and the original,

[Urban Luthier]

really stunning! 

[christian bayon]

One of my violins played by Liana Gourdjia with gut Passione strings in Alban Berg.

 

[Ronald Moretto]

I've been following this topic for a while, and it's absolutely fascinating. Beautiful work, Christian! I’d love to meet you someday when you're in Portugal, I'm based in Palmela.

[christian bayon]

Varnishing time with violins in the style of Cappa, Bergonzi and Del Gésù.

[Brian in Texas]

Absolutely stellar work!

[christian bayon]

Back to my usual model.