Viola Tone Award
Violin Society of America International Competition ~
Baltimore, 2006 & New York, 1980
In 1978, the Mannes College of Music commissioned two violins from
Geoffrey Ovington. The Vienna Philharmonic honored Geoffrey Ovington's
work in 1991 with the commission of three violas, the only commission
made by that orchestra to an American Maker.
Because the viola design
presents special challenges, Geoffrey Ovington works on a number of
patterns. In some instances, instrument models came from early Italian
examples and these are noted.
Viola in Brescian
style (after da Salo) 2005
(Photography by Johnathan Barber)
Viola 42.2 cm
Winner Tone Award
Baltimore 2006
Sizes Available
15 1/4" (38.8 cm)
String Length:
13 7/8" (352 mm)
16 3/16" (41.1 cm)
String Length:
14 1/4" (362 mm)
Inspired by the Primrose Guarneri
16 5/8" (42.3cm)
String Length:
14 7/16" (370 mm)
15 1/2" (39.4 cm)
15 3/4'' (40.1cm)
String Length:
13 15/16" (355 mm)
14 1/16'' (356.5 mm)
Louis Kievman Gasparo de Solo
