Detail 01
Ebony fittings
The pegs, fingerboard, and chinrest are all ebony.

Independent shopping perspective
The 15-inch VA601 Albert Nebel is an advanced viola outfit centered on aged European tonewoods and German craftsmanship. It pairs a carved German spruce top with carved German maple back and sides, then finishes the body in hand-applied antique-style multi-layer spirit varnish. Ebony pegs, fingerboard, and chinrest give the instrument a consistent fitting set, with a Despiau 2 Tree bridge and BA304 Pernambuco-faced carbon-fiber bow in the listed outfit configuration.

Strong match
What matters in use
Catalog numbers tell only part of the story. These are the details most likely to change how this product feels, sounds, or fits into a setup.
Detail 01
The pegs, fingerboard, and chinrest are all ebony.
Detail 02
The body has a hand-applied, multi-layer antique-style spirit varnish.
Detail 03
This is the bridge specified for the VA601.
Final check
Product questions
Straight answers to the questions shoppers most often ask about this product.
It uses a carved German spruce top with carved German maple back and sides.
The listed bow is a BA304 Pernambuco-faced carbon-fiber model.
Reference
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