VIOLAS DA GAMBA
Hugh Jones's workshop currently produces a range of eight violas da gamba, all of which are based on plans of historical instruments from the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and the Musée de la Musique, Paris.
A distinctive feature of of Hugh's violas da gamba is his expert use of Australian timbers, giving the instruments a unique quality.
The instruments are designed with the advanced student in mind. They also have all the qualities of workmanship associated with a top of the range instrument. All instruments have single purfling on the belly. Multiple purfling can be done on request.
The instruments
The workshop has plans from which the following instruments can be made 6 String Basses
(i) after Henry Jaye Southwark, London, 1644. Length: 62 cm
(ii) after Peter Hacking, London, 1621. Length 71 cm
(iii) after Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1692. Length 64 cm
(iv) 7 string Bass after John Rose, Bridewell, London, circa 1600. Length 73 cm
(v) Treble after Juan Maria da Brescia, Venice, 1520.
(vi) Alto after Jaye 1667
These next two instruments have been designed by Hugh Jones with the purpose of creating a new tonally matched set of viols with the Jaye Bass and Alto.
(vii) Treble by Hugh Jones, Sydney 2003, extrapolated from Jaye (1644 and 1667) scalings. Length: 38cm
(viii) Tenor by Hugh Jones extrapolated from Jaye (1644 and 1667) scalings. Length: 48 cm