Bill Merkel Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 On 5/6/2018 at 2:16 PM, Quadibloc said: since the music is Bach's, and the instruments have five strings, I'm going to go out on a limb here and accuse those violas of pomposity... Bach is the least pompous music ever written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reg Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 Hullo all All very interesting, but could I digress please? Could you please look at a thread on the Fingerboard forum under 'New Helicore octave strings' and perhaps offer advice to an Irish folk fiddler. He has tuned his 5 string 17" viola with an added B on the treble but uses 1/2 cello strings ! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quadibloc Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Bill Merkel said: Bach is the least pompous music ever written. That may be, but Bach is the inventor of the Viola Pomposa, which was the reference of my pun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Merkel Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 I never heard of him inventing anything except the Inventions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendicus Posted May 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 here are sound samples, first is my violin, second is real Storioni, both recorded at same circumstances with Steinway piano, unfortunately with phone so it is not very informative because of low quality of recording Husle_c_18_kubo.m4a Ref2.m4a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendicus Posted May 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2018 On 5/4/2018 at 11:25 PM, uguntde said: What did you like about Linarol's design? everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendicus Posted November 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 Gasparo da Salo baroque viola, tailpiece and nut not yet made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassClef Posted November 7, 2018 Report Share Posted November 7, 2018 On 2/9/2018 at 9:59 AM, mendicus said: Photos of my Linarol viola if anyone is interested to see it Nice posterior! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendicus Posted November 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 here is photo of original viola for comparison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Moss Posted November 9, 2018 Report Share Posted November 9, 2018 Hi Mendicus. I like it, but you can't fool Saunders, can you? Cheers, Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendicus Posted December 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 finished baroque set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Osner Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 On 2/9/2018 at 9:59 AM, mendicus said: Photos of my Linarol viola if anyone is interested to see it What a lovely scroll! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theghostis Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 Mendicus, would you be willing to share the process you used to design your Linarol viola? How did you create the outline/template? Did you have detailed measurements of the original to work from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendicus Posted April 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 On 1/29/2019 at 9:43 PM, Theghostis said: Mendicus, would you be willing to share the process you used to design your Linarol viola? How did you create the outline/template? Did you have detailed measurements of the original to work from? Sorry I only now noticed your post. Outline is just drawn from photos, I don't have any measurement. I think (maybe I am wrong) Linarol didn't have templates neither and made every instrument little different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mendicus Posted April 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 My recent 44cm baroque tenor viola after Gasparo da Salo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Norfleet Posted April 14, 2019 Report Share Posted April 14, 2019 The instrument this viola is modeled after is probably the best sounding viola I've played. I understand that it has been dropped since I last saw it though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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