{"title":"Featured Bowed Strings","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"lu-mi-master-6-string-bass-viol-after-meares","title":"Lu-Mi Master 6 String Bass Viol after Meares","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-description rte\" data-product-description=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kSW9McvrmnA?si=5eIjQ6yUjHDq0p1j\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Master 6 string Bass Viol after Richard Meares (c.1660). This viol is an ideal bass viol to play all kinds of renaissance and baroque continuo repertoire.This Lu-Mi viol is made from very high quality wood and combines excellent craftsmanship with a full, rich, rounded sound and a beautiful appearance. The ribs, back and neck are made of sycamore, the top of spruce, and the fingerboard and tailpiece of sycamore with ebony veneer or birds-eye maple. The wood is fully kiln-dried for stability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eString length: 697 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorpus length: 664 mm \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorpus width: Up 304 mm \/ Mid 220 mm \/ Low 365 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eAbout Lu-Mi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Lu Mi range of instruments is the result of years of development and refinement overseen by Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, the leading Finnish gamba player. They are instruments designed by a player of distinction with other professional performers in mind, and are faithful to the authentic light construction techniques of early strings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lu-Mi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31530126540862,"sku":"LUMBV6","price":4350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2225\/8403\/files\/Viols-00006.jpg?v=1710157498"},{"product_id":"alto-rebec-by-early-music-shop","title":"EMS Alto Rebec with Semi Rigid Padded Case","description":"The Early Music Shop alto rebec is an excellent 3 string instrument based on several historic patterns. The body is carved from a single block of wood, there is no soundpost and it has a thin, nasal, penetrating tone. The instrument is supplied in its own hard carrying case and comes with a bow.\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eString Length: 335mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1st string - . a  0.85 - plain gut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2nd string - d - 1.00 - plain gut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3rd string -  G -  1.50 - plain gut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLength: 570mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWidth: 130mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeight: (inc. bridge) 124mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Early Music Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12172475170878,"sku":"EMSRA","price":495.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2225\/8403\/products\/EMS2-401.jpg?v=1624534272"},{"product_id":"hora-soprano-bowed-psaltery-bag-bow","title":"Hora Soprano Bowed Psaltery with bow, bag and tuning key","description":"\u003cp\u003eHora Soprano Bowed Psaltery with bow, bag and tuning key - made from solid maple with a sitka spruce soundboard and laminated maple\/birch back. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis simple design can create hours of fun and is easy to learn. Hold the psaltery in your left hand pointing away from you while resting the flat end against your chest. Hold the bow centrally and bow between the pins. 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Paris has exhibited all over the world and is proud to have her instruments played by remarkable professionals and work in collaboration with award winning artists such as Leonardo Frigo, Federico Guglielmo and Thorgy Thor. She is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, The Churchill Trust and a recognised artisan of Homer Faber. From the summer of 2021 she now offers training and masterclasses to promising female indentifying luthiers and will shortly begin her new teaching position at Scuola di Liuteria Toscana Fernando Ferroni. She regularly contributes to publications such as The Strad and works to promote lutherie to a wider field using social media and workshops for schools. 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