Douglas Cox 15 3/4" birch viola, 2025 Storioni model, Brattleboro, Vermont | Metzler Violins

The viola bears the label “Douglas C. Cox, Brattleboro, Vermont, 2025, #1112, and is branded and initialed on the inside. It is patterned after a viola labeled Lorenzo Storioni in the possession of Kazuko Matsusaka, formerly of the Boston Symphony and is built of well aged New England grown wood. The back is cut on the slab from one piece of yellow birch with faint, broad figure. The ribs are of birch similar to that of the back. The scroll and neck are of plain black birch. The table is of two pieces of spruce of medium to broad growth. The varnish is of a red-brown color over a golden ground and is shaded and imitated. The fittings are of boxwood with ebony trim. The principal dimensions are:

Length 400 mm

Upper Bout 186 mm

Middle Bout 133 mm

Lower Bout 231 mm

Rib Height 35-36 mm

String Length 356 mm