The Lu Mi Violone patterned after Richard Meares 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 craftsmanship. The belly is of spruce and the ribs, back and neck are maple.

The Richard Meares Violone is available in 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 only in the standard model. Carved scroll and pegboxes and/or dragon heads are available as well as antique varnish.