Lu Mi Violones
The Lu-Mi Richard Meares model is tuned in A but can also accommodate D tuning for use as a consort bass. It is an ideal instrument for 8 ft bass lines. Gibbons wrote 14 pieces where you will need a “dooble bass”. This is the instrument well suited for those pieces.
The violone is made from fine quality wood with excellent craftmanship. The belly is of spruce and the ribs, back and neck are maple.
The Richard Meares violone comes in two models: standard and master quality. The master quality viol has decorative inlay on the back and English style decoration on the belly. The fingerboard and tailpiece are ebony over maple in the deluxe model and maple in the standard model. Carved scroll and pegboxes and/or dragon heads are available on all models as well as antique varnish.
String length: 800 mm
Corpus length: 783 mm
Corpus width: Up 365 mm / Mid 263 mm / Low 433 mm
Price: Please Inquire
Violone in A after Richard Meares ca. 1660
The Lu-Mi Ernst Busch model is designed to play with G tuning. It works well for fast passages due to the 89 cm strings.
The violone is made from fine quality wood with excellent craftmanship. The belly is of spruce and the ribs, back and neck are maple.
The Ernst Busch violone comes in two models: standard and master quality. The master quality viol has decorative inlay on the back and English style decoration on the belly. The fingerboard and tailpiece are ebony over maple in the deluxe model and maple in the standard model. Carved scroll and pegboxes and/or dragon heads are available on all models as well as antique varnish.
String length: 890 mm
Corpus length: 1540 mm
Corpus width: Up 440 mm / Mid 300 mm / Low 505 mm
Price: Please Inquire
Violone in G after Ernst Busch ca. 1640
