Making of the Testore viola
working on the top finger plane
Working with the gauge on the back
Choosing the wood for the Testore viola
Testore model and mold
Shaping the blocks before glueing the c bouts
Glueing the upper and lower bout
Cleaning the ribs
Center joint on the ribs
Hot bending iron, bending the linings
Linings almost ready to be glued
Glueing the linings
Planing the back flat
After a ruff cut, in the vice before picture
Gauging the back, using the light
Shaping the back with a fingerplane
Chisel the contour flat
Gauging the remains
Before fluting
Gauging the fluting
Gauging the remains
Gauging the inside
Finishing the measurements with the finger plane
Split wood spruce top - book-matched and planned
Gauging the shape of the arcing - top
shaping the top using a finger plane
Scraping the top, finishing
Design of the f holes
Gauging the fluting
lowering the fluting channel
Shaping with a finger plane the f resonant area for maximum resonance
Scraping
Gauging the inside of the top
Finger planing the top
Back and top side by side
Cutting of the f holes
One down, one to go
Shaping the f holes with knives
Finishing the measurements on the top
Scraping the top to final measurements
Bass bar from the remaining of the original top
Planing the bass bar to size
Bass bar fitted with pressure
Bass bar glued in with minimum pressure with many clamps
Bass bar shaped
Cutting the groves for the neck
Getting the mold out
Shaping the linings with a knife
Glueing the back to the ribs
Back glued and blocks shaped
Purfling channel cut and deepened with a handmade chisel
Purfling before inlaying it inside
Neck planned flat and perpendicular
Scroll designed
Scroll design 3D
Gauging the shape of the scroll
Depth of the pegbox
Leaving gauge marks on scroll
Finishing the fluting on the scroll with a gauge
Carving the purfling
Glueing the neck-set
Back button
Tanning the top with UV light
Tanning the back with UV light
Tanning the scroll with UV light
Tanning the scroll with UV light