Cello after the Andrea Castagnieri original from the 2nd half of the 18th century, now in
private collection.
This instrument can be played as a violoncello piccolo with a high e-string.
The string length is 64 cm.
Cello built after the 'forma B', the original inner mould Antonio Stradivari used for
his most famous cellos.
String length: 70 cm.
This model can be built as a baroque, classical or modern instrument.
5-String violoncello piccolo after Andrea Castagnieri.
String length: 63 cm.
5-String violoncello piccolo after Antonio Stradivari.
String length: 68 cm.
Violone, built as double bass viol with D-tuning, after the original instrument of
Ventura Linarol, from the collection of the 'Kunsthistorisches Museum' Vienna.
String length: 103 cm.
Double bass with 5 strings, built in Austrian style, with some details after Jacob Stainer,
e.g. the shape of the sound holes.
String length: 108 cm.
Tuning: (B)-E-A-d-g-(c)
Double bass with 4 strings, built in Austrian style.
String length: 108 cm.
Restored violone with 4 strings, built in 1700.
String length: 83 cm.
Tuning: E-a-d-g.
An instrument with 5 strings is in preparation.
Tuning: B-E-a-d-g.
This photo was taken during the viola da gamba festival of Asfeld in France.
You can see the violone I made in 2006 in the foreground. It is a six strings’ copy of the original instrument I restored in my atelier and which is also shown on this page.
The string length is 82,5 cm and the tuning is G-g .
In the background you can see my copies of a treble viol, a tenor viol and a bass viol, each after Batista Ciciliano.
