Description
The Wessex Violin:
The Wessex violin is made with European wood, on a Stradivari pattern.
Sound is bright and powerful and carries well. The instruments are currently
very popular with advanced high school and conservatoire students.
Clear, robust and highly responsive, the Wessex Violin is truly a pleasure to play.
Wessex Violin XV €3080
The Wessex Violin Co. recently introduced the junior model, Wessex Violin V.
With small changes in the wood and fittings, this model offers a similar bright
and robust sound, with a smaller price tag.
Wessex Violin V €2090
The Renaissance of a Tradition
The Wessex Violin ‘V’ Model from The Wessex Violin Company
A Workshop made instrument with hand applied oil varnish. The V Series is made in the workshops of the Wessex Violin Co, in the West of England.
The Wessex violin is made on a Stradivari pattern. Each violin is individually labelled and is accompanied by a hand written Certificate of Authenticity, bearing photographs of the instrument.
The Wessex violin is made with European wood, on a Stradivari pattern. Sound is bright and powerful and carries well. The instruments are currently very popular with advanced high school and conservatoire students.
The Wessex Violin Company recently introduced the junior model, Wessex V. With small changes in the wood and fittings, this model offers a similar bright and robust sound, with a smaller price tag.
The Body:
Beautiful two-piece back made of irregular figured or lightly figured Balkan maple, the ribs and scroll are in similar wood; the table in two pieces of Bavarian spruce of narrow or medium-narrow grain.
The Varnish:
Hand applied oil varnish of a rich reddish chestnut brown colour or an amber brown colour over a gold ground and often with some slight shading.
The Fittings:
Quality Ebony or Rosewood fittings in a French or English pattern. Despiau B Grade bridge fitted as standard.
Typical Measurements: Length of Back: 356mm Upper Bouts: 167mm Middle Bout: 117mm Lower Bout: 207mm
