Violas

Avanti

Many tied-in illusions come together in this viola. The name says, "Let's go." Inside is a whole universe to explore, a spaceship came with the figure in the wood on the back of the scroll, and a comet has just whizzed across the back. The tone of this 17 inch viola which feels like only 16 and 1/2 takes off the minute one touches bow to string.

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Cadenza for Viola Solo by Krzysztof Penderecki
Performed by Sarah Wilkinson on the Avanti Viola


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Read The Art of Violin Making—A modern luthier crafts her own tradition, an article from Strings Magazine about Anne.

“No modern maker, in my opinion, embodies the essence of the old masters, the vision, the creativity, the instinctive tonal mastery, better than Anne Cole.”

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