Viola.

Technical description: Soundboard of spruce; back, ribs, head, neck and tail-gut protector of sycamore; endpin and pegs of fruitwood; fingerboard and tailpiece of ebony; chin-rest (modern) of cedar. Soundboard grain is of variable width, wide in the centre, reducing towards the edges and wide again nearest the edges. Golden brown varnish. Purfling of ebony/sycamore/ebony. Plugged hole under the tailpiece for attaching soundboard to the bottom block. Arch of soundboard 20.5mm. The ribs have curly grain with a light figure. Lower bouts covered by one rib. One piece back of medium depth figure rising from right to left; back arch 18mm. Plugged holes on the back, used as a decorative as well as practical feature - 2 plugs at the bottom, 2 at the top and one from the heel. The neck and head are of one piece, the neck 132 long; the fingerboard 277 long, 25.6 wide at the nut, 49 wide at the bottom. There is an 8mm thick added piece on the heel between the neck and the back. Repair History: The upper treble rib has cracked and been repaired.