The viola will improve even more as it is played in and opens up, something I’m looking forward to. In his own words: What is often overlooked is that in Italy the neck lengths were commonly made at around 12cm, or shorter than our modern violin neck. 17″ Tenor Viola in Modern Setup made in Vienna. Gamboge was used medicinally to treat high blood pressure, and as a powerful laxative.We first encounter Gamboge in European culture around the start of the 17th Century, as it became common with Flemish painters to achieve warm golden yellow hues. The search for a wonderful brown has been something which has preoccupied my thoughts and time for the past two decades. The reality regarding violoncelli with a petite corpus and their relationship and context within performance is just a bit more complicated. These days however I prefer to focus on more subdued colors, the rich antique browns and ambers which seem to be more spiritually related to the inherent color of wood itself. After a few months, in which Nate kept me informed of the progress, a viola arrived which exceeded my expectations. These involve the use of fatty, or less fatty, hence softer or harder compositions to influence both resonance and sound. This brings us to the next German tenor. My quartet and other colleagues are simply in awe with Opus 26. It is even across the instrument, the sound projects well, and even the C string (so often problematic on all-gut strung violas) is beautiful, and capable of a large range of sonorities.
It is nothing short of a miracle that this tenor has survived in such a remarkably perfect state of preservation. I would also greatly appreciate your comments, suggestions, and images of additional instruments. Damaged goods must be reported immediately and within 3 days of delivery otherwise, tomandwill.com cannot accept responsibility. Inevitably any viola which looked as if made in this neighboring city to Cremona, would magically have a Da Salo label put inside. Statistics. Bridgewood and Neitzert has been set up by a team of highly experienced makers, restorers and players with the aim of supplying high quality fine instruments, bows and accessories over the internet.
Nate Tabor specializes in historically informed setups often in the baroque style. The instrument would have been originally fitted with all-gut strings.
In effect, they reproduce a sound and tone which were not by any means the intension of the luthiers they seek to emulate. Home Country: Undisclosed Gender: Undisclosed Show wardrobe in posts: No Show SOTD in Posts: Yes Basenotes wardrobeicon: default. Some have suggested that the use of iron was considered advantageous to the final hue of color to the varnish, however I tend to believe that the use of iron was simply that it was a common material, stable, and easily obtained.
I am currently doing a very large amount of tinctures and notice that one of the German suppliers of varnish offers 99%Ethol Alcohol for 6Euro a Liter. I begin with this instrument as it epitomizes both the rare survival of a large tenor in original condition and the most basic impetus later in history toward the tendency of reduction in size. 4153S Nate Tabor Baroque Violin in excellent condition and with case. This positioning would have limited the mensur or bridge placement considerably. Worm damage was repaired in the 1940’s in the Bisach workshop; the nails were removed and carefully replaced with wooden dowels. Or e-mail us. This wonderful grand tenor viola made in the period of 1700-1710 defies normal classifications due to the back folds on both bouts. Nate has produced a viola which greatly outperforms its price and I cannot recommend his instruments highly enough. We discussed at length both set-up and model. Any claim arising from damage in transit must be made to tomandwill.com within 3 days of receipt of the goods. 4153S Nate Tabor Baroque Violin in excellent condition and with case For more details about this or any other used instrument at our Saltaire showroom, please do not hesitate to contact us. Antonio Stradivari, Andrea Guarneri, Jacob Stainer, all produced tenor violas, some of which survive in their original dimensions. Further research is needed on my part; a trip to the, Wound strings allowed luthiers to experiment with smaller corpus instruments, and the new clarity of voice of these strings allowed musicians to use the violoncello with more virtuosity, no longer relegated to the first position by the need to support the weight of the instrument with the left hand. One sees cut down tenor violas come up for sale at auction quite often; the facts of their lineage and former dimensions going occasionally unmentioned in the catalogs. Nate Tabor Baroque Violin in excellent condition and with case For more details about this or any other used instrument at our Saltaire showroom, please do not hesitate to contact us. With the successive generations around1800 (likely prompted by the violinist Viotti) the workshop was one of many who were involved in altering/lengthening necks to modern dimensions. Advanced use of Horsetail continues into modern times as an abrasive for finishing the surfaces of violins (usually maple and hardwoods only) before applying the ground varnish. After Bologna, the news would have spread rapidly of these strings. This grand tenor retains it original dimensions, with a neck length of 12.3. © 2016 Bridgewood & Neitzert All Rights Reserved. Please feel free to use the form below to reach out to us with any questions about this instrument. –Seán-Paul O’Brien, violist Yamaska String Quartet. Subtotal: £ 3,200.00 View Cart Checkout; Home; About Us The possibilities are endless, and endlessly exciting. How do we get there. One quite humorous explanation given to me by an avid violin collector was that, when Beethoven died, all the makers stained their violins black in order to mourn his passing. If you do not pay for the cost of return then we may deduct the cost of retrieving the goods from any refund due to you in respect of the order. For now we will focus on violas. Not that bad It is fascinating how many materials used for varnish and lutherie go back so far into time.
Ben has written an extensive, Baroque Tenor Viola by Jonas Heringer Füssen, 1625, The long corners and double purfling take Brescian instruments as inspiration in this lovely tenor made in Tyrol. UIA ref. Baroque Viola after Testore by Nate Tabor 1 × £ 3,200.00. I’ve been working with my second instrument from viola maker Nate Tabor (called Pepa) for several weeks now and I am already impressed by the warm and clear tone the instrument is producing. Anonymous German Tenor Viola with altered outline. Customs policies vary from country to country, so you should contact your local customs office for further information. Nate Tabor Luthier is on Facebook. The carvings were done under supervision of Vespiano Russo in Florence. One is quite surprised how these two very different crafts might merge together. Note the unique playing position. Free UK Shipping on orders over £50 & Free Worldwide Shipping on recorders over £150! “Lost voices. Thank you Nate. Other instruments by less worshiped makers such as Milanese school most likely contain similar levels of Silica, as this was no well-kept secret in Northern Italian violin making. Its sound is beautiful, warm, full of character, and with a myriad of sound colours. The pigment, “Mummy Brown”(Caput Mortuum) was a common, commercially available color pigment favored by Pre-Raphaelite artists and 19th Century painters. Although the viola da gamba often played a primary role independent from the Continuo parts, the alto and tenor clefs were occasionally written in two separate parts, Violas 1 and 2. The possibilities are endless, and endlessly exciting. Gaspar Borbon worked from around 1673-1705 and many of his instruments, (as well as his pupil Egidius Snoeck) survive today and are housed in the. Medieval scholars did once claim its source to be the actual blood of dragons killed in battle, and the early Greeks, Romans, and Arabs thought it to have medicinal qualities, particularly for respiratory and gastrointestinal ailments. The violin bears beautiful relief carvings after 17th C. Palmette found on a tapestry in Florence, Italy.
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