Violas

Patriarch

In 1972 Gary Logsdon, principal violist of the NMSO and one of the first musicians to have faith in my abilities, designed a 17 and 1/4" viola which I completed in 1973. Gary played this instrument for many years until its size took its toll on his own frame. The Patriarch, which sounds indeed as if Moses himself has just spoken from the mountain, is now being played by Jae Lee whose size is an equal match for this instrument.

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Read An American Master Violinmaker at Work, an article from Forbes Magazine about Anne.

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.”

--Joel Becktell