Curiously this new design remains under development today, with completion listed as "fall 2018".
As an amateur luthier, I'm thrilled to see a push for innovation in the viol family of instruments. It's an uphill battle -- any deviation from Cremona design is seen as heresy and is immediately rejected. Even benign cosmetic elements are dismissed out-of-hand. Thankfully this orthodoxy does not exist in the folk instrument world, where innovation flourishes.
The author's comment about being a civil war re-enactment actor perfectly captures what it feels like to be trapped by orthodoxy.
Curiously this new design remains under development today, with completion listed as "fall 2018".
As an amateur luthier, I'm thrilled to see a push for innovation in the viol family of instruments. It's an uphill battle -- any deviation from Cremona design is seen as heresy and is immediately rejected. Even benign cosmetic elements are dismissed out-of-hand. Thankfully this orthodoxy does not exist in the folk instrument world, where innovation flourishes.
The author's comment about being a civil war re-enactment actor perfectly captures what it feels like to be trapped by orthodoxy.