violin front view del gesu model
two scrolls before and after UV light
baroque cello bow head and template on workbench
viola head with handmade pegs
baroque bridge design, raw wood planks and finished violin bridge
baroque viola bridge
viola back with 'antiqued' varnish
handmade endpin
various baroque bows and templates
handmade violin tailpiece
viola freshly varnished in the sun, view from workshop
violin and viola moulds
violin back corner detail
handmade violin bridge early stages
thicknessing viola front with thumb plane
violin mould with finished rib structure
various handmade baroque violin and viola tailpieces
flattening a cello front with a plane before preparing the centre joint
detail of corner block, ribs and linings still attached to the mould
handmade finished viola bridge on instrument
detail violin ff hole
new cello bridge on instrument
handmade viola peg
view of workbench with various jars filled with varnish, brushes and pigments
inside view of viola front with ff holes, bassbar and soundpost veneer
baroque violin bow frogs
fitting a viola bass bar
viola front angle view
baroque violin clip-in frog in two different heights
viola rib structure glued on finished back
closing clamps used to glue the finished back and front of a violin onto the ribstructure
artificial varnish craquelure on viola back
detail viola front edge, purfling and pin
close up view of two violin scrolls
picture of various brushes used for either gluing or varnishing and retouching
viola ff hole detail after an instrument by Cremonese maker Giacomo Gennaro from 1646