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At ‘The Viola Workshop’ luthier David Milward specializes in designing and making new violas. With a free interpretation of established ideas, together with a high regard for sound craftsmanship, David recognises the viola as a developing instrument which must respond to the demands of players, composers and realise audience expectations.

Violas currently under construction

    16 ¼  in. Viola for August completion.
 
These instruments are being made for individual clients.  

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Vol.1
A selection of fine violas made before 2006

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Vol. 2  
Violas representative of the most recent design.

New on this site
July 2007



Workshop Viola Design, broadly discusses the elements behind the original design of the current range of violas on offer, and explains some of the influences and coincidences of the applied geometry involved.  







                    
 
             



Compare viola string lengths.

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Principal photography by Alan Mason
www.masonstudio.co.uk