Musical instruments
Instrument making according to historical models
Tenor viol - 2018
English model
String length: 535 mm
Total length:
Body lenth:
Weight: 1,18 Kg
Belly: Spruce
Ribs: Maple
Back in two parts: Maple
Nut: Ebony
Pegs: Ebony
Available for rent
Tenor viol - 2019 "la Muse Naissante"
English model
String length: 535 mm
Total length: 965 mm
Body lenth: 510 mm
Weight: 1,16 Kg
Belly: Spruce
Ribs: Maple
Back in two parts: Maple
Nut: Bone
Pegs: Boxwood
Bass viol 7 strings - 2019
After Bass viol 7 strings, 1683 by Michel Collichon, Paris
Musée de la musique Inv. E.98.2.667
String length: 689 mm
Total length: 1 252 mm
Body length: 660 mm
Weight: 2,16 Kg
Belly (bent in five parts): Spruce
Ribs: Maple
Back in two parts: Maple
Nut: Bone
Pegs: Ebony
Bridge after a painting by Alexandre-François Desportes, 1661-1743, Paris.
"Animaux, fleurs et fruits" - 1717
Grenoble. Musée des Beaux Arts
Crédit photographique : VILLE DE GRENOBLE / MUSÉE DE GRENOBLE-J.L. LACROIX
Bass viol 6 strings - 2020 "La Barricade Mystérieuse"
after Bass viol 6 strings, ca.1680 by Richard Meares, RCM London (RCM0936)
String length: 700 mm
Total length: 1265 mm
Body length: 667 mm
Weight: 1,90 Kg
Bent front 7 pieces: Spruce
Ribs: Maple
Back in two parts: Maple
Nut: Bone
Pegs: Pear wood and bone
Treble viol 6 strings - 2020 "Le lys naissant"
after William Turner, Treble viol 6-strings, 1652, The Caldwell Collection of viols, and Treble viol 6-strings, 1647, Orphéon Collection
Vibrating length "Diapason": 402 mm
Total length: 767 mm
Boot length: 410 mm
Weight: 0.77 Kg
Bent front in seven parts: Spruce
Ribs: Maple
Back in two parts: Maple
Nut: Ebony
Pegs: Pear tree