Violas

Titus

Violists hoping for the impossible dream: a big sound from a 16 inch body, need look no further than this da Salo model. At first glance, the shape may look new and unusual, but in the 1500’s violas such as Titus were probably common. The shape solves the problem of how to come by enough internal air space which creates a lot of sound without great body length.

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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