Warren Ellison Violin & Viola da Gamba Maker

5 string pardessus 2012 modeled after Louis Guersan (Paris 1754),
31.2 cm string length, cherry and maple striped back and sides, mastodon ivory nut,
African blackwood pegs with mastodon pips, holly and boxwood inlay on fingerboard and tailpiece

Baroque Conversion of an Andreas Mayr Cello
                                                            detail of hand turned blackwood pegs
                                                                antique ivory nut, & fingerboard inlay

detail of fingerboard inlay
                                                                       detail of decorated tailpiece and baroque end button

Maple border, Boxwood leaves and Maple purfling stems custom fingerboard inlay

violas da gamba

37.5 cm string length treble / 54 cm string length tenor

2012 Treble viol da gamba

after John Rose

40.5 cm string length

viola da gamba

Details of a decorated Colichon model 7 string bass viol. This gamba has a 69 centimeter string length, double purfling corner designs, Parisian motif carving, and African Blackwood scalloped pegs. Built in 2009

A 5 string violoncello piccolo
after the Brother's Amati circa 1615

violoncello piccolo- by Warren Ellison

Baroque details

Set up parts for a Baroque 5 string Piccolo cello
Blackwood endpin, Ebony laminate fingerboard & tailpiece w/maple & ebony inlay

Set up parts for a Baroque cello
Pearwood pegs and endpin, hard maple fingerboard

Baroque viola fingerboard & tailpiece.
Fingerboard design after
Brothers Amati viola 1592

shorter two octave fingerboard	Wider tailpiece (English style)
cello end button, lightweight tailpiece	laminated fingerboard ,baroque bridge

photos by Peter Wolf Photo-Graphics

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