An interpretation of
‘The Dumas’ by
G P Maggini, Brescia c.1600. AI050

Available sizes: 16”, 16.25”

As a viola maker Maggini is without equal. Contrasting the finesse of the Cremona school, the Brescian instruments of Gasparo da Salo and Maggini are considered cruder in their
workmanship. Maggini, however,
sought his own style. Virtuoso players demanding the forceful, but
romantically dark Brescian sound seek after his instruments.

The viola was named after the Dumas Brothers of Lyon, who not only owned this Maggini, but also another three violins and one other viola.

"As a specimen of Maggini's
violas the Dumas instrument
may confidently be
pronounced unsurpassable."

Gio: Paolo Maggini: His Life & Work, Margaret
L.Huggins (compiled from papers & research by William Ebsworth & his Sons William, Arthur & Alfred Hill), W. E. Hill & Sons, London, 1892.