DANIELROSSDaniel Ross violin and viola d'amore maker
I share my workshop in Brittany with my wife Solen Lesouef - Irish flute maker. I make violin, viola and viola d'amore. I trained at the Newark School of Violin Making.
I'm a violinist, so my principal musical interest is the violin family but I became facinated by the viola d'amore and its construction early in my career and since then, I have specialised in this unusual branch of instrument making. I made my first viola d'amore over 25 years ago. Currently I spend about half of my bench-time building violins and the other half building d'amore. I believe that I have probably built more viola d'amore than any of my contemporaries.
If you’d like to learn more about my work, take a look at my articles, where you can find detailed information as well as photographs and recordings of some great players playing my instruments!
