Research

Here are some original instruments I've measured in collections worldwide. They have guided my work, making it more historically accurate and inspiring my designs to evolve.

Please click on the links below to see photos and more details about each one;

•  A Viola d’amore by Jean-Nicolas Lambert, 1772, the V&A Museum, London

• 7/7 Viola d’amore by Thomas Hulinzky, 1782, @ Edinburgh University

• 7/7 viola d’amore by thomas hulinzky, 1787, Germanisches nationalmuseum

• 6/6 Joseph Albanus, Bolzano in Tyrol

• 7/7 maximilian zachar, wratislav., 1736

• Viola d’amore by Johann MArtin Helmer, WIEN, 1742, Germanisches nationalmuseum

• viola d’amore by J.U. Eberle, Prague, 1737, German national museum

• 7/7 viola d’amore by J.U. Eberle, 1740 @ R.C.M. London

• small 7/7 viola d’amore by j.u. eberle, 1744, private collection

• Viola d’amore made in Constantinople/Istanbul, 1800’s, Horniman museum

• Lira da braccio by giovanni maria da brescia, made in venice, hill collection, ashmolean museum, oxford, uk.

• Dancing master’s fiddle / Kit / Pochette, Berwickshire, scotland.

• 7/7 VIOLA D’AMORE BY J.U. EBERLE 1744, PRAGUE, HORNIMAN MUSEUM, LONDON.