With the larger parts of the violin’s body built, he started on the rib molds, which took him 5 hours apiece to set up before injecting the resin. With the body complete, [Ken] was ready to cut ...

If you’re thinking about giving it a go, here is some advice from Brett: “Don’t play it as a large violin or treat it as anything secondary or tertiary. It has its own very distinctive voice ...

The viola is the middle voice of the string family. It is slightly larger than a violin and has a lower and deeper sound than a violin. Since the 18th century it has been the middle or alto voice of ...