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Eastman VA Viola Series

Numbered viola model series

Eastman's numbered VA viola range, ordered by grade number from accessible student outfits up to performance and master-level instruments. It spans the Ascesa and Samuel Eastman student lines and the Andreas Eastman step-up and performance lines, with higher numbers indicating progressively finer tonewoods, fittings, and hand-applied varnish. Models are offered in a range of body lengths.

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  • Violas

    Violas, viola makers, model families, and related orchestral bowed-string variants.

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  • Eastman Strings

    Eastman Strings is an orchestral string instrument brand with violin, viola, cello, bass, bow, case, and string-family instrument lines.

Models in series

  • Technical line drawing of Andreas Eastman VA200 Viola

    Andreas Eastman VA200 Viola

    Viola · China

    The Andreas Eastman VA200 is the entry model of the Andreas Eastman line, a hand-crafted step-up viola made from select tonewoods with a spruce top, maple back and ribs, an ebony fingerboard, boxwood fittings, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and a hand-applied shaded spirit varnish. Cut on the Stradivari pattern, it is offered in body lengths from 16.5 inches down to 11 inches.

  • Andreas Eastman VA405 Viola

    Viola · China

    The Andreas Eastman VA405 is an intermediate viola with a spruce top, maple back and ribs, an ebony fingerboard, boxwood fittings with ebony trim, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and a hand-applied antiqued spirit varnish inspired by early-twentieth-century German workshops. It is offered on Stradivari and Tertis patterns in body lengths from 17 inches down to 15 inches.

  • Samuel Eastman VA80 Viola

    Viola · China

    The Samuel Eastman VA80 is the entry-level viola in Eastman's Samuel Eastman line, hand-crafted from seasoned solid tonewoods with a spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fingerboard and fittings, hand-inlaid purfling, and a Despiau bridge. Offered in body lengths from a full 16.5-inch down to 11 inches, it is a durable, good-sounding instrument for beginning and school violists.

  • Samuel Eastman VA150 Viola

    Viola · China

    The Samuel Eastman VA150 is a fully carved student viola built from aged solid tonewoods, with a spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fittings, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and an amber-brown high-gloss varnish. Cut on the Stradivari pattern, it is offered in body lengths from 16.5 inches down to 11 inches and is a common school-program instrument.

  • Andreas Eastman VA605 Viola

    Viola · China

    The Andreas Eastman VA605 is a master-grade viola built from premium spruce and flamed European maple, with an ebony fingerboard, ebony fittings with gold trim, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and a German-style multi-layer shaded antiqued spirit varnish. Individually plate-tuned by master luthiers, it is offered on Stradivari and Tertis patterns in body lengths from 17 inches down to 15 inches.

  • Ascesa VA85 Viola

    Viola · China

    The Ascesa VA85 is an entry-level viola from Eastman's Ascesa student line, with a spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fittings with a Wittner-style tailpiece, and a satin varnish. It is offered in body lengths from 16.5 inches down to 11 inches for beginners, schools, and rental programs.

  • Andreas Eastman VA305 Viola

    Viola · China

    The Andreas Eastman VA305 is one of Eastman's most popular violas, valued for its strong tonal and visual personality. It has a spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fittings, hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and a hand-applied shaded spirit varnish, and is offered on the Stradivari pattern in body lengths from 17 inches down to 12 inches.

  • Samuel Eastman VA100 Viola

    Viola · China

    The Samuel Eastman VA100 is a fully carved student viola made from aged solid tonewoods, with a spruce top, maple back and ribs, ebony fittings, genuine hand-inlaid purfling, a Despiau bridge, and an amber-brown high-gloss varnish. Cut on the Stradivari pattern, it is offered in body lengths from 16.5 inches down to 11 inches.

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