Viola scroll

I started cutting and carving the scroll and neck to the viola. Here are some shots. It is a maple neck, as is standard. I am designing for a 148mm neck, with about 10-12mm overstand. The scroll is from the strad poster of the 1620 Amati viola.


I basically took the sketch from the back of the poster, scaled it to size and used it as a guide for where to cut. I will have to clean this up with gouges and scrapers.