An impressive 16” viola made in Cremona by Daniel Ciaccio is now available at Ruschil London. Strongly Brescian in appearance and tone, the viola is finished very professionally and is made to perform.

Made in the antique style with a bold outline, f holes, scroll and tone, the viola is distinctly Brescian in its modelling, while maintaining a contemporary Italian style. Meticulously constructed with performance in mind, the viola is a perfect medium size,16”.

Tonally the viola is impressive on every string, excelling in each register. This is a viola that has been made to perform. Rich, confident, clear, accurate and far reaching, the viola has a bright core that will be heard easily in a trio, quartet or for solo work. The viola is finished with Thomastik Spirocore C,G, D & Larsen A strings for a confident, accurate and rich sound.

About The Maker:

Daniele Ciaccio

Daniele Ciaccio was born in Milan in 1967. From 1984 to 1990 he attended the Cremona School of Violin-Making, under the guidance of Massimo Negroni, Ernesto Vaia and Vincenzo Bissolotti.

Daniele travelled to Paris to learn restoration and set-up techniques. He stayed in Paris for three years and worked at the well-known workshops of Vassiliev, run by Bernard Sabatier and Pierre Barthel, and Latin Lutherie, run by Gilles Chancereul, thus becoming familiar with the French style of violin making. He then travelled to the US to work at the Hill Music Violin Shop, North Carolina, with R. Nowell and Jennifer C. Creadick. Working in San Francisco in Frank Passa’s workshop (Sacconi’s pupil and friend), Daniele was able to see and repair many beautiful Italian instruments (Gragnani, Storioni, Sannino, Postiglione, J.B. Ceruti, Scarampella, etc.) Establishing himself in Cremona in 1997, Daniele dedicated his time to the construction of new instruments and copies based on models by Italian masters. He collaborated with Carlo Chiesa (historian and maker) in Milan where he studied the construction and set-up of baroque instruments (viola da gamba, violin, cello). Daniele worked in Brisbane, Australia, at Simmers Violin Makers with owner and violin restorer John Simmers, where he restored most of the beautiful instruments in QLD (Bernadel, Rocca, Sacconi, M. Goffriller, Fagnola, Klotz, Poggi, Pilofius etc.). He worked in Sydney at The Violinery owned by the well known violinist Charmian Gadd where he restored her personal Matteo Goffriller.

Back in Italy he spent two years working in Milano with the well-known restorers Federico Fantova and Julia De Lucca were he had the opportunity to improve his skill . The last work experience was in Cremona in Eric Blot's workshop for two years. Finally in 2008 Daniele opened his own shop in the historical center of Cremona, Via Felice Cavallotti n. 13 .
Since 2009 Daniele has been a member of Consorzio Liutai di Cremona "Antonio Stradivari".