Viols

Treble Viol

Pardessus de viol in g after Henry Jaye ca. 1620

This model is scaled down from the treble viol of Jaye.

Specifications

String length

310-315 mm

Corpus length

320 mm

Corpus width

Up 155 mm / Mid 113 mm / Low 195 mm

TREBLE Viol

Treble viol after Henry Jaye ca. 1620

The smaller of the two Lu-Mi treble viol models. The top gives a sweet tone. The bass register is not so good with all plain gut strings.

Specifications

String length

366 mm

Corpus length

362 mm

Corpus width

Up 173 mm / Mid 120 mm / Low 211 mm

TREBLE Viol

Treble viol after John Hoskins 1609, large model

The larger of the two Lu-Mi treble viol models. It is ideal for all plain gut strings.

Specifications

String length

400 mm

Corpus length

384 mm

Corpus width

Up 190 mm / Mid 156 mm / Low 211.5 mm

tenor Viol

Tenor viol after Henry Jaye ca. 1620

The smaller of the two Lu-Mi tenor viol models. The bass register is not so good with all plain gut strings.

Specifications

String length

560 mm

Corpus length

535 mm

Corpus width

Up 250 mm / Mid 177 mm / Low 308 mm

Bass Viol

6 string bass viol after Barak Norman 1692

This model is the smallest Lu-Mi bass viol. It fits well for lyra viol purposes, and it is easy to play with smaller hands.

Specifications

String length

658 mm

Corpus length

633 mm

Corpus width

Up 279 mm / Mid 204 mm / Low 332 mm

Bass Viol

6 string bass viol after Richard Meares ca. 1660

This model is the best all-round 6 string bass viol to play all kind of repertoire

Specifications

String length

693 mm

Corpus length

664 mm

Corpus width

Up 304 mm / Mid 220 mm / Low 365 mm

Bass Viol

6 string consort bass viol after Henry Jaye ca. 1620

This model is ideal for consort music, but since the string is so long it can be more difficult to play double stops or chords. It plays well with all gut strings.

Specifications

String length

745 mm

Corpus length

715 mm

Corpus width

Up 340 mm / Mid 236 mm / Low 413 mm

BASS Viol

7 string bass viol after Nicolas Bertrand 1704

This model is ideal for solos but it plays well also as a continuo instrument.

Specifications

String length

700 mm

Corpus length

693 mm

Corpus width

Up 327 mm / Mid 235 mm / Low 396 mm

Pardessus de Viol

7 string bass viol after Nicolas Bertrand 1720, large model

This model is ideal for continuo purposes, but it fits well also for solos.

Specifications

String length

725 mm

Corpus length

715 mm

Corpus width

Up 340 mm / Mid 246 mm / Low 413 mm