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VA175-R142-1 |
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In stock
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brilliant, warm, responsive, carrying
This viola has a dark red varnish with golden ground. The back is two-piece with flame very slightly slanted upwards towards the bouts. This viola has a beautiful, big sound and it would be a great instrument for solo or orchestral playing! Any violist who can play this large viola is lucky!
Anton D. Voit was born in Germany in 1882 and emigrated to the US in 1913. He worked for Carl Fischer in Chicago in 1915, with Rudolph Wurlitzer from 1916-1920, and William Lewis from 1920-1923. In 1923, Voit established his Chicago shop with Leroy Geiger and he died in 1952.
Leroy F. Geiger, born in 1900, started making violins in Grinnel, Iowa and then worked for Carl G. Becker from 1919-1924 at William Lewis & Son. He studied with John Hornsteiner III and then worked for him from 1919 until 1923, when he left to open a shop with Voit. Geiger later moved to Los Angeles where he died in 1960.
Inside label reads:
Voit & Geigers
Violin Makers Chicago, Ill.
Guarnerius Model
Anno 1931 Nr. 281
Measurements
Length: 44.6 cm
Upper bouts: 20.5 cm
Middle bouts: 14.4 cm
Lower bouts: 25.2 cm
Vibrating string length: 41.4 cm
