Scala Vilagio F.H. G. Grancino Viola 1670

Authenticity and quality are of paramount concern at Scala Vilagio. The woods used to build the Scala Vilagio F.H. G. Grancino Viola 1670 are, unsurprisingly, selected to exacting standards: The top is made of fully seasoned alpine spruce (Picea abies), the rest of the body of high-quality figured maple (Acer pseudoplatanus ), and the fingerboard is made of ebony (Diospyros crassiflora). The fittings in turn are made from rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia). When each viola is built, the woods are chosen to respond to specific frequencies, so as to deliver both the most precise tonal performance and a robust construction. The final process of fine tuning is carried out via the soundpost and the bridge. The oil varnish with amber lacquer, mimicking historical practices, is applied very thinly in order to influence the vibration of the woods as little as possible.

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.