Introduction

ON THE PATH OF VIOL MAKING, experience of making a harpsichord	WEST DEAN COLLEGE: training to be a viol maker. Click on the visual for an extract from WD College website	PLANS, remembered viols	INSPIRATION: testing hypotheses based on historical construction: assembly without a mold.
CONSORT VIOLS, treble, tenor, bass, harmony measures	TENSION, PRESSURE, sensitive expression	WAKING UP AFTER A LONG SLEEP, ressources, treaties and musical instruments of the time	CARVED HEADS, from historical models
GEOMETRICAL AND FLORAL DECORATION, low relief sculpture, purfling, scrolls, acanthus leaves	CURVES AND LINES, perfect harmony	TOUCH, the senses	FRIENDLY COLLABORATIONS, select wood with Arnaud Giral. Click on the visual for extracts from Arnaud Giral’s website.
A CHEST OF VIOLS, a project of making a chest to store the viols with Antonis Cardew. Click on the visual for extracts from Antonis Cardew’s website.	MUSIC IN THE WORKSHOP, L'Achéron is playing Christopher Simpson	SIMPLE BOARDS, wood species	SOLO REPERTOIRE, Bass viol 7 strings, after Michel Collichon
VARNISH, light and transparency