Olivier Calmeille
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- Viola da Gamba
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Viola d'Amore
- In process
Everything balances it, when sounds dance on the fragility of the harmonics strings, they reveal all the mystery of an impalpable tone, as soft shivers appear under the enjoyment of a caress.
Conceived from the models of the XVIIIth century, these violas d'amore are the fruit of a historic and creative blending.
Viola d'amore 12 strings, after Thomas Eberle (1772)
Built for Leon King, this viola d'amore is inpired by a Venice 'fairy. It is maked after a Thomas Eberle's model, as the viola d'amore "Orchidée", with the proportions adapted for a 6 strings viola (the lengthes of strings and body are slightly reduced).
The Venetian mask makes reference to the cupid which decorate generally the cherubs of violas d'amore, leaving place with another allegory of the love...
