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Viola by David Rattray, Fife, 2020
About David Rattray
avid Rattray has been active in making and restoring violin family instruments for some four decades, specialising in classical Italian copies. After more than 25 years as instrument curator at the Royal Academy of Music he relocated to Scotland in 2014, more recently accepting the role of strings consultant to the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
He has been involved in a broad range of violin-related endeavours, from restoring and appraising antique instruments, lecturing and curating exhibitions, to the reconstruction of the Mary Rose fiddles and the copying of Paganini’s ‘Cannon’ Guarneri del Gesù, and as director of the Vivaldi Project – a Venetian-style baroque orchestra, the largest instrument commission of modern times. He is a member of the Ente Triennale Scientific Committee, Cremona and served as a jury member of the Antonio Stradivari International Violin Making Competition in 2009. David's instruments can be found in the hands of professional players across the UK and beyond.
About the viola
This viola was made in David's Fife workshop in 2020 and is modelled after the instruments of the early Brescian maker Peregrino di Zanetto.
The viola has a two-piece back of quarter-sawn maple, with ribs and scroll of similar wood. The front is two pieces of straight-grained spruce which widen towards the flanks, and the varnish is a shaded golden-amber in colour.
The viola has a length of back of 414 mm or 16 and 5/16 inches.
How does it sound?
This is an exceptionally even viola with a pleasingly rich A string. It's responsive to play and feels very manoeuvrable.
Condition
The viola is in excellent original condition.
Further information
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