Scala Vilagio F.H. Maggini with Inlayed Back

Scala Vilagio attaches great importance to authenticity and quality. This is highlighted by the high-quality woods used for the Scala Vilagio F.H. Maggini with Inlayed Back: Aged alpine spruce (Picea abies) for the top, high-quality flamed maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) for the rest of the body, and ebony (Diospyros crassiflora) for the fingerboard and the fittings. During the violin-making process, the woods are matched and tested at specific frequencies in order to achieve high sound precision and a robust structure at the same time. Final sound adjustment is then made via the soundpost and the bridge. The oil-based amber varnish, which resembles the varnishing used for the historic model, is applied on the wood as a very thin layer in order to reduce the effect on its vibration characteristics to a minimum.

Scala Vilagio is a brand that is exclusive to Thomann and offers-high quality bowed string instruments as well as fully professional accessories. The products are made exclusively from sustainably grown European woods that have been naturally dried over a long period of time. The instruments are precisely built by master violin makers according to the same traditional methods as their most legendary forebears: Besides Stradivarius and Guarneri del Gesu, the range also includes instruments by other grandmasters such as Nicolo Amati and Giovanni Paolo Maggini, and each one brings its own tonal palette and lets you get your hands on a piece of instrument making history. The extensive nature of Scala Vilagio’s range is thanks to the large number of instrument makers involved, who are based in Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, the Carpathians, and the Czech Republic (among other places) and who build the Scala Vilagio instruments in the tradition of the old masters.