Revelle Model 630 Viola

Product Description

Ideal for the budding performer, The Revelle 630 viola has a master-grade beautifully flamed maple back and carefully selected Russian spruce top, naturally air-dried for 15 to 20 years. It features hand-applied, finest spirit varnish and light antiquing. With powerful and refined tones and dark and earthy subtleties, it is a deducing instrument for the discerning performer fitted with a Despiau bridge, Wittner tailpiece and Dominant strings, available in 15.5 and 16 sizes.

Features

• Wood: Fine Russian spruce top and well-flamed maple back naturally air-dried for 15-20 years. 
• Varnish: Hand-applied, finest quality spirit varnish with a lightly antiqued finish.
• Fittings: French-made Despiau one-tree bridge, Wittner-style tailpiece, and well-aged ebony pegs.
• Strings: Known world-wide as the “reference standard,” Dominant strings—made with a highly flexible, multi-strand synthetic core—provide the tonal warmth and feel of a gut string while being impervious to changes in humidity. The sound is soft, clear with a stable intonation and they are rich in overtones.
• Professionally installed and 100% sound adjusted in the U.S. for reliable and comfortable playability and optimal sound.
• Specifications

  • Maker experience is 12+ years
  • The 15.5” viola uses a Strad pattern; the 16” viola uses a Mahler pattern.
  • Hand-applied mildly-antiqued spirit varnish
  • Aged 15+ year plus Russian solid spruce top
  • Aged 15+ year plus Russian flamed solid maple back, sides, neck and scroll
  • Seasoned Ebony fittings 
  • Wittner Ultra Tailpiece
  • Guaneri-style chinrest
  • French-made one-tree Despiau Bridge 
  • Thomastik-Infeld Alphayue viola strings