Violas

Primrose

Like Dionysus, the Primrose (16 5/8 inches) is derived from a viola designed by the violist, Lionel Tertis. All the instruments I have made following these design parameters – small upper bouts, wider lower bouts – have been highly praised by the recipients for their playability and pleasing but big tones.

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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