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In Reply to: Looks like a development of the Erdesz viola I attached a picture of posted by John Marks on December 27, 2011 at 12:18:40:
The idea of the Erdesz "cutaway" design is presumably to make it easier for the left hand to reach all the way down the fingerboard. The idea of the Rivinus design is presumably in part to do that as well, but mainly to shorten the effective length of the viola, reducing the strain on the wrist and shoulder from reaching to the far end of the fingerboard, while maintaining the volume of the body. I recently read about a scientist who thinks one of the most important characteristics of Stradivari violins is that they consistently had almost exactly the same volume, so maybe Ravinus has the right idea.
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- I think the designs have different purposes - rbolaw 18:37:20 12/27/11 (1)
- Erdesz violas were on the short side--I wanted one. - John Marks 18:47:22 12/27/11 (0)
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