shunkpenn Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Recently acquired a nice viola. Looking for some thoughts on the scroll design. Looks like nice work and rather unique to me. Any attribution to a certain maker? Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Cute! A nice, subtle, variation! Assuming it's "new"? 2000s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Brown Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Usually used for Da Salo model violas or perhaps Linarol. Very nice in any case. Thanks for showing us! DLB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelbow Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Are we able to see the rest of the instrument? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry J. Griffiths Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Here’s a similar scroll from a contemporary American maker. Anyone care to make a guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shunkpenn Posted November 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Shelbow said: Are we able to see the rest of the instrument? I’m out of town for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of pics of this on my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwight Brown Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 This is the head of my John Dilworth viola after Linarol. DLB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shunkpenn Posted November 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dwight Brown said: This is the head of my John Dilworth viola after Linarol. DLB Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelbow Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 1 hour ago, shunkpenn said: I’m out of town for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of pics of this on my phone. Nice looking viola thanks for the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeissica Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Barry J. Griffiths said: Here’s a similar scroll from a contemporary American maker. Anyone care to make a guess? Joseph Curtain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry J. Griffiths Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 Zeissica, Good guess, but incorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
______ Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Barry J. Griffiths said: Here’s a similar scroll from a contemporary American maker. Anyone care to make a guess? David Burgess?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Norfleet Posted November 23, 2022 Report Share Posted November 23, 2022 25 minutes ago, ______ said: David Burgess?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Luthier Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 Guy Rabut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry J. Griffiths Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 Urban Luthier is today’s big winner. We’ll done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry J. Griffiths Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 Or maybe well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Luthier Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 13 hours ago, Barry J. Griffiths said: Or maybe well done. ha too funny - you should have seen what autocorrect did with Guy's name originally - I had to fix it 3 times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 Hello! We need to see the back of Guy's viola! I'm looking to compare 'back of scroll' details! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry J. Griffiths Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 Wander around at www.guyrabut.com and you’ll find lots of wonderful things to look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 Took a quick look. Lovely instruments for sure ...but didn't see any whimsical scroll details! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Burgess Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 49 minutes ago, Rue said: Took a quick look. Lovely instruments for sure ...but didn't see any whimsical scroll details! Can't whimsicism be in the eye of the beholder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rue Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 Good question. whimsical (ˈwɪmzɪkəl) adj 1. spontaneously fanciful or playful 2. given to whims; capricious 3. quaint, unusual, or fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Norfleet Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 Here’s another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urban Luthier Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 Wow I love it. This is absolutely stunning work. Even more so with those wonderful pegs. Who made this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uguntde Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 I am just an amateur maker, but I can tell you, getting this middle line perfect on a scroll is hard . It is much easier to just skip it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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