Marilyn Wallin is an award-winning maker who is established in Lincoln, Nebraska. A fifth generation woodworker, Marilyn devotes all of her time to making new instruments modeled on 17th and 18th century Italian masterpieces. Crafted in 2001, this exquisite viola has an impressively rich and resonating sound, while producing clear, open and ringing tones. The response is immediate with a superior ease of playing. It is elegantly finished with a golden brown over amber varnish, which enhances the medium ascending flamed split back and tightly grained belly. This fine viola is ideal for the professional or advanced student in performance.