Lu Mi Viola da Gambas

The Pardessus de viole is made from fine quality wood and combines excellent craftmanship. The belly is of spruce and the ribs, back and neck are maple.

The Pardessus de viole comes in two models: Standard and Master quality. The master quality Pardessus has decorative inlay on the back and English style decoration on the belly. The fingerboard and tailpiece are ebony over maple in the deluxe model and maple in the standard model. Carved scroll and pegboxes and/or dragon heads are available on all models as well as antique varnish.

String length: 310-315 mm 
Corpus length: 320 mm 
Corpus width: Up 155 mm / Mid 113 mm / Low 195 mm 

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Pardessus de viole in G after Henry Jaye ca. 1620

The Lu-Mi Treble Viol is made from fine quality wood and combines excellent craftmanship. The belly is of spruce and the ribs, back and neck are maple.

The Henry Jaye Treble comes in two models: standard and master quality. The master quality viol has decorative inlay on the back and English style decoration on the belly. The fingerboard and tailpiece are ebony over maple in the deluxe model and maple in the standard model. Carved scroll and pegboxes and/or dragon heads are available on all models as well as antique varnish.

String length: 366 mm 
Corpus length: 362 mm 
Corpus width: Up 173 mm / Mid 120 mm / Low 211 mm 

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Treble viol after Henry Jaye ca. 1620 

The Lu-Mi Tenor Viol is made from fine quality wood and combines excellent craftmanship. The belly is of spruce and the ribs, back and neck are maple.

The Henry Jaye model Tenor comes in two models: standard and master quality. The master quality viol has decorative inlay on the back and English style decoration on the belly. The fingerboard and tailpiece are ebony over maple in the deluxe model and maple in the standard model. Carved scroll and pegboxes and/or dragon heads are available on all models as well as antique varnish.

String length: 560 mm 
Corpus length: 535 mm 
Corpus width: Up 250 mm / Mid 177 mm / Low 308 mm 

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Tenor viol after Henry Jaye ca. 1620

The Lu-Mi Tenor Viol is a larger model suitable for all gut strings.

It is made from fine quality wood and combines excellent craftmanship. The belly is of spruce and the ribs, back and neck are maple.

The Henry Jaye model Tenor comes in two models: standard and master quality. The master quality viol has decorative inlay on the back and English style decoration on the belly. The fingerboard and tailpiece are ebony over maple in the deluxe model and maple in the standard model. Carved scroll and pegboxes and/or dragon heads are available on all models as well as antique varnish.

String length: 577 mm 

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Tenor viol after Henry Jaye ca. 1620, large model

The Lu-Mi Barak Norman model is the smallest Lu-Mi bass viol. It fits well for lyra viol purposes or as a division bass.

The Norman model is made from fine quality wood with excellent craftmanship. The belly is of spruce and the ribs, back and neck are maple.
The Norman model comes in two models: standard and master quality. The master quality viol has decorative inlay on the back and English style decoration on the belly. The fingerboard and tailpiece are ebony over maple in the deluxe model and maple in the standard model. Carved scroll and pegboxes and/or dragon heads are available on all models as well as antique varnish.

String length: 658 mm 
Corpus length: 633 mm 
Corpus width: Up 279 mm / Mid 204 mm / Low 332 mm 

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6 string bass viol after Barak Norman 1692

The Lu-Mi Richard Meares model bass viol is well suited for renaissance and baroque continuo and is the best all-round 6 string bass viol to play with most repertoire
The Meares model is made from fine quality wood with excellent craftmanship. The belly is of spruce and the ribs, back and neck are maple.
The Richard Meares bass viol comes in two models: standard and master quality. The master quality viol has decorative inlay on the back and English style decoration on the belly. The fingerboard and tailpiece are ebony over maple in the deluxe model and maple in the standard model. Carved scroll and pegboxes and/or dragon heads are available on all models as well as antique varnish.

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.

String length: 745 mm 
Corpus length: 715 mm 
Corpus width: Up 340 mm / Mid 236 mm / Low 413 mm 

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6 string bass viol after Richard Meares ca. 1660 

The Lu-Mi Nicholas Bertrand model is a seven-string bass with a low A string. It is quite suited to French baroque repertoire. It is ideal as a solo viol or as a continuo instrument.

The Bertrand model is made from fine quality wood with excellent craftmanship. The belly is of spruce and the ribs, back and neck are maple.

The 7 string Bertrand bass viol comes in two models: standard and master quality. The master quality viol has decorative inlay on the back and English style decoration on the belly. The fingerboard and tailpiece are ebony over maple in the deluxe model and maple in the standard model. Carved scroll and pegboxes and/or dragon heads are available on all models as well as antique varnish.

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

String length: 700 mm 
Corpus length: 693 mm 
Corpus width: Up 327 mm / Mid 235 mm / Low 396 mm 

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7 string bass viol after Nicolas Bertrand 1704

The Lu-Mi Nicholas Bertrand model is a seven-string bass with a low A string. It is best suited to French baroque repertoire. It is ideal as a solo viol or as a continuo instrument, but it also suitable for solo music.

The Bertrand model is made from fine quality wood with excellent craftmanship. The belly is of spruce and the ribs, back and neck are maple.

The large 7 string Bertrand bass viol comes in two models: standard and master quality. The master quality viol has decorative inlay on the back and English style decoration on the belly. The fingerboard and tailpiece are ebony over maple in the deluxe model and maple in the standard model. Carved scroll and pegboxes and/or dragon heads are available on all models as well as antique varnish.

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

String length: 725 mm 
Corpus length: 715 mm 
Corpus width: Up 340 mm / Mid 246 mm / Low 413 mm

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7 string bass viol after Nicolas Bertrand 1720, large model

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