Model
Andreas Eastman VA605 Viola
Master-grade viola (Andreas Eastman line)
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.
Category
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Violas
Violas, viola makers, model families, and related orchestral bowed-string variants.
Made by
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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.
Part of series
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Eastman VA Viola Series
China
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.