Viola

Thomas URQUHART

Year: 1650–1700

An early English instrument. Very few historical violas have been preserved. The instrument is of average size with a nice, soft, even sound and full-bodied timbre.

The viola has been certified by Hieronymus Köstler (Stuttgart).

User:

Johanna Vahermägi

Lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre

Other instruments:

Joseph (Giuseppe) GAGLIANO

Violin
Year: 1770–1780

Giovanni Paolo MAGGINI

Violin
Year: 1610

Enrico CATENAR

Violin
Year: 1670

Nicola & Giuseppe (Joseph) GAGLIANO

Violin
Year: 1723

Auguste Sébastien BERNARDEL (Père)

Violin
Year: 1830-1840

Francois Fourrier NICOLAS

Cello
Year: 1798

Joseph GAGLIANO

Violin
Year: 1775–1780

Celeste FAROTTI

Cello
Year: 1904

Auguste Sébastien BERNARDEL (Père)

Cello
Year: 1842

Joseph-Arthur VIGNERON (Père)

Violin bow
Year: 1890

Claude THOMASSIN

Cello bow
Year: 1890

Victor FETIQUE

Violin bow
Year: ca 1910

Victor FETIQUE

Cello bow
Year: ca 1930

Francois Nicolas VOIRIN

Cello bow
Year: ca 1880

Henri Louis GILLET

Violin bow
Year: ca 1940

Joseph Alfred LAMY

Violin bow
Year: ca 1895

Victor FETIQUE

Violin bow
Year: ca 1930

Henri Louis GILLET

Viola bow
Year: 1945-1950

I am sincerely privileged to recognise and thank the founders of the Estonian Musical Instrument Foundation and encourage all music friends with social responsibility to support the foundation.

Indrek Saar
Minister of Culture
April 2015–April 2019