A superb artist-quality viola from the workshop of  Colin G. Nicholls, London, 2000.  After an eleven year apprenticeship and tenure with W.E. Hill and Sons, Mr. Nicholls established his one-man workshop in the suburbs of the British capital.
Now semi-retired, Colin has earned the reputation of being perhaps the finest contemporary violin maker in the United Kingdom. Always a one-man shop producing items of the highest quality, a handful of violas were made some years ago by the son-in-law of Mr. Nicholls.
Timothy Clapham is the husband of Colin's oldest daughter.
Our instrument come to us in pristine original condition showing highly figured wood plus dark red-amber oil varnish of high quality.
 
Back length is 15 3/4  inches .... 400 mm.
 
We highly recommend this particular instrument, suitable for the most demanding violist.
 
*** In January of 2021, our small workshop in Wichita celebrated sixty-eight years in business. We are not in the 1952 Wichita telephone directory, but we ARE in the 1953.
Today we have ten employees including five of the finest repair technicians in the country. We’re happy to report, a sterling reputation for top-quality restoration and ethical transactions. We are not amateurs, nor are we a “back bedroom” operation. We would be pleased to furnish you with references attesting to the above.
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