Model
Ascesa VA85 Viola
Entry-level viola (Ascesa line)
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.
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.