Violas

Puma

For violists with large hands and long arms I have recently completed a 17and 3/16" instrument called "Puma." A highly arched one piece top and back enclose an airspace which generates a huge rich sound. Even though the instrument is large, the string length is only 15 and 1/8" and the neck is on the narrow side making the instrument very easy to navigate.

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“No modern maker, in my opinion, embodies the essence of the old masters, the vision, the creativity, the instinctive tonal mastery, better than Anne Cole.”

--Joel Becktell