Douglas Cox, 16" viola, Brattleboro, VT, 2023, #1069 | Metzler Violins

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About the Instrument
It is built on an original pattern and is styled after the work of Guarneri del Gesu. It is built of well aged New England grown wood. The back is cut on the slab from one piece of maple with handsome medium width horizontal flames. The ribs and neck are of maple similar to that of the back. The table is of two pieces of spruce of mostly medium growth. The varnish is of a red-brown color over a golden ground and is shaded and imitated. The fittings are of boxwood with black trim.

Interior Label Reads: “Douglas C. Cox, Brattleboro, Vermont, 2023, #1069” and is branded and initialed on the inside.
Length: 410 mm
Upper Bout: 195 mm
Middle Bout: 138 mm
Lower Bout: 246 mm

About the Maker
Douglas Cox (1948-) is a contemporary American luthier based in Brattleboro, Vermont who trained at the State Violin Making School in Mittenwald, Germany in the late 1960s. Cox returned to the United States and was head of repair and chief restorer for Boston's J. Bradley Taylor, Inc. for a decade, attending to some of the finest instruments in New England and servicing the violins for the region's professional musicians. Since 1981, Cox has focused on crafting his own instruments, building over 1,000 over the course of his career. He has earned numerous awards from the Violin Society of America and his instruments are played by musicians worldwide.

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