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MANFIO Super Member
Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 458 Location: Sao Paulo
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:00 pm Post subject: My latest instrument, "La Zaffetta" |
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Hi! This is my latest instrument, a 41.6 cms. viola, "La Zaffetta", a comission from Marcela Lepage, from the Cordoba Orchestra. Thanks again to Andrès Lepage, who took the photos.
Ciao! Questa è "La Zaffetta", la mia ultima viola 41.8, una comissione di Marcela Lepage, di Cordoba.
_________________ www.manfio.com
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M.Lange Member
Joined: 30 Apr 2008 Posts: 81 Location: Germany
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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Bravo Manfio. Another very nice viola!
It looks a bit different to your previous ones. I think you changed your edgework somehow, right? Also the outline looks a bit bolder compared to f.e "Veronica Franco".
Did you use the Simeon Chambers maple again? Very nice.
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MANFIO Super Member
Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 458 Location: Sao Paulo
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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks! The last one I showed here was the "Anna Yaroslavna", I think I posted the pictures here.
I moved the line of the scooping on the edge a bit outwards (following Samuel Zygmuntowicz' advice), this purlfing is rather broader too.
Yes, the wood for this is from Samuel Chambers, just the neck is from Ellon and Londa Howe.
I had none viola here when I made this, so the outline may be a bit different. The length of the corners can vary a bit due to the use of the inner form, you can make different instruments using the same form.
Thanks! _________________ www.manfio.com
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actonern Super Member
Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 444
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:22 am Post subject: |
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Always a delight to see your new work!
This must be one of the smallest instruments you've ever posted no?
It seems very full through the mid-bouts, which I expect is a way of preserving internal volume, but do you have to set the neck/bridge quite high to allow the bow to miss the edges on the C and A strings?
Best regards,
Ernie |
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MANFIO Super Member
Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 458 Location: Sao Paulo
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Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:28 am Post subject: |
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Thanks! No, the size is the same, it's a 41.8 cms viola, built in the same model I used for many instruments.
The C bouts are the same, but its look may be influenced by the corners.
The back and top are about 19.5 high, but the arching is quite full in the middle bouts indeed. My idea is tranferring the weight of the bridge to the lower and upper blocks, and not to the corner blocks.
I set the neck a bit high, so it will give in a bit some weeks after it is strung, reaching the ideal point. The bridge is already a bit lower now. _________________ www.manfio.com
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Ed Shillitoe Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 110 Location: Syracuse NY
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Beautiful work Manfio! I like the appearance of the back especially. How do you describe that cut - is it quarter sawn? Just off the quarter? I'd like to see it in real life and try it out!
Ed |
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MANFIO Super Member
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kel Member
Joined: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 73 Location: Asia
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Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:42 am Post subject: |
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does slab cut requires more technique to make an instrument?
Do u maintain the same thickness slab /quarter cut?
Can i say slab cut makes the instrument look nicer? _________________ Newbie Maker Kelvin |
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MANFIO Super Member
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ghammond2 Junior Member
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MANFIO Super Member
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ghammond2 Junior Member
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Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Good to know! Thanks MANFIO.
This is a beautiful instrument that you have created, by the way. Very nice indeed. |
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MANFIO Super Member
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sdantonio Member
Joined: 09 Apr 2007 Posts: 35 Location: Bellingham, Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:42 pm Post subject: Beautiful work Manfio |
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Beautiful work Manfio. I always enjoy seeing you post new work. |
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DBurns Member
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:04 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the inspiration!
Hopefully one day I will be posting some pictures too! |
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