Violin - Kowhai #3 2024

 

 

Violin - Kowhai Design #3

This instrument is the youngest, being completed in May 2024.  It is currently being played-in, but is still available for any interested players.

Sourced from Switzerland, the back and ribs are maple, and the face is spruce.  The body design is the same outline as used for the Kowhai violins. 

The face is carved from spruce, with f-holes cut long to help with the voice. 

The neck is of conventional measurements, and from maple.

The instrument is finished in a combination of pure garnet shellac, and a single coat of my shellac/rosin varnish.

As with other instruments of my Kowhai design, I carved a Kowhai flower and leaf motif around the back of the scroll.

As with my other instruments, the fingerboard, chinrest and tailpiece are all carved from the same piece of Rimu.