TEKA chin rests one of the most famous chin rests. With this model, you can adjust the height to suit the player's long neck.
• Tekka-style ebony chinrest
• Chrome fittings
• Fits 4/4 violins
• Adjustable height
• Arched plate
• A large-sized chinrest
• Medium-depth cup
• Mounts next to the tailpiece
• Nicely rounded, clean, and sharp lip
Cecilia Solo Viola Rosin Full Cake delivers maximum projection with clear articulation and a warm, round tone. Powerful, sensitive, and forgiving under high bow pressure—perfect for solo and ensemble playing.
Key Features:
• Maximised projection and articulation
• Warm, round tone
• No sound cracking under pressure
• Powerful yet sensitive for soloists
Great Pick Up, compared to other brands, including significantly dearer ones...
• Piezo-ceramic pickup
• Lightweight to minimize muting
• An impedance matching preamp is recommended but not required
• Easy installation with no/minor alteration
Cecilia Solo Cello Rosin Half Cake delivers a strong grip and clear, articulate sound, making it perfect for soloists. Its formula allows for intense bow pressure without losing sound quality, offering both power and sensitivity in performance.
Key Features:
• Strong grip and clarity
• Sensitive, powerful tone
• Maintains quality under pressure
Baroque rosin makes a bright, clear sound with a feeling that the bow is quicker on the string and makes it easier to play fast with more clarity.
• Designed for gut strings
• Providing a gentle yet powerful attack
• Easier to play fast with greater accuracy
• Produces a brilliant and crystal-clear sound
• Allows the strings to vibrate with exceptional clarity
The Beam Auto Grab Cello Stand features a secure automatic grip mechanism that safely holds your cello around the neck while providing stable support. With adjustable height, retractable legs, and a foldable design, it is ideal for convenient transport and everyday use.
Key Features:
• Automatic neck grip mechanism
• Adjustable height
• Three retractable support legs
• Foldable and portable design
• Stable and secure cello support
• Suitable for home, lessons, and performances
Ebony is commonly used for violin fingerboards due to its hardness, stability, acoustic properties, and traditional appearance. Among the different grades of ebony, German Master Grade ebony is highly coveted by instrument makers due to its exceptional quality.
The Wittner Fine Tune pegs have a traditional hardwood appearance but feature an innovative internal gearing system that enhances usability.
• Traditional look and internal gearing for easier tuning.
• Only the button and middle section move, but the shaft stays locked in the peg box.
• Exceptional tuning precision with an 8.5:1 gear ratio and a self-inhibiting mechanism to prevent slipping.
• The taper on the violin pegs is 1:30 to fit any traditional peg box.
• Prevent wear on the peg box by eliminating movement of the peg shaft after installation.
• No inward pressure on the peg box, preventing the risk of a split.
The fingerboard is important for the sound quality and ease of playing the viola. Ebony wood is preferred for its density and acoustic properties. However, it wears out due to string friction, so it's crucial to maintain it with specialized products. Ebony is dense and black, features that contribute to the quality of the instrument.
Tailpieces are essential components of a viola. We provide tailpieces crafted from ebony and rosewood to produce diverse tones. Dense woods warm and deepen the sound, while lighter woods brighten it. The material of the tailpiece plays a significant role in enhancing or altering the sound of the viola.
Choose a tailpiece for your viola - round or angled. Check our website for images. Find up to four string adjusters in our viola accessories section under tuners and metronomes.
The Violin Sound Post – Raw Material (Unfitted) is a premium spruce soundpost blank made in Germany. Split and turned for strength and acoustic performance, it is supplied unfitted for custom shaping and installation by a qualified luthier.
Key Features:
• Premium spruce soundpost blank
• Split and turned construction.
• Made in Germany
• Supplied unfitted for custom fitting
Note: Professional fitting is strongly recommended. Animato Strings can provide expert soundpost fitting and adjustment services to ensure the best possible tonal performance and structural integrity for your violin.
Wittner offers a German-made tailpiece of high-density composite material for violas. The tailpiece comes with an adjustable nylon tailgut and is available in two sizes. The short model fits violas up to 15.5 inches back length, and the long model is for those over 15.5 inches. Don't include the button when measuring the viola's back length.
• ULTRA-light space-age composite material with four string adjusters
• Nylon tailpiece hanger
• Made in Germany
• Viola sizes 15-15.5" or 16-16.5"
• Two different overall lengths: short (115mm) or long (125mm)
