This viola is a good student instrument that performs well and has good workmanship. They are hand carved by trained and surpervised apprentice makers who work diligently to bring you a viola that is affordable, and will bring pleasure into your musical experience. Has spruce top and maple back, spirit varnished, with ebony fingerboard. (12” to 16.5”)

Includes semi-fitted bridge and nut, Ebony chinrest, pegs and endpin.
Supplied with a Wittner tailpiece.

Recommended strings: Helicore.

Samuel Eastman violas are hand carved by trained makers who work diligently to bring you a viola that is affordable, and will bring pleasure into your musical experience. Select spruce top and flamed maple back, spirit varnished, with ebony fingerboard. Very clean workmanship. (13” to 16.5”)

Includes semi-fitted bridge and nut, Ebony chinrest, pegs and endpin.
Supplied with a Wittner tailpiece.

Recommended strings: Helicore.

Handcrafted of selected, seasoned tone woods with ebony fingerboard and boxwood fittings, these instruments have remarkable tonal quality and matching workmanship. Nicely flamed maple with a hand-applied satin varnish. (13” to 16.5”)

Includes chinrest, pegs and endpin.
Supplied with a Wittner tailpiece.

Recommended strings: Helicore.

In an independent review, STRINGS magazine declared our Andreas Eastman, model 305 “a definitive favorite”. The lightly distressed antique style spirit varnish shades from dark red-brown to golden brown. These instruments are visually and tonally appealing. The combination of superior craftsmanship, wood, and artistic finishing results in an instrument of great personality with a powerful, clear tone.

Includes chinrest, pegs and endpin.
Supplied with a Wittner tailpiece.

Recommended strings: Helicore.

Designed with many of the same tonal traits as the model 305, the 405 is balanced more towards reserve & integrity vs. easy response. Optimal for a more demanding musician. Excellent workmanship, with a hand-applied antique style oil varnish shaded from dark amber-brown to light golden brown.

Supplied with a quality wooden tailpiece.
Recommended strings: Helicore.

This viola is of outstanding quality and value. Top-quality flamed maple and aged spruce, highly detailed workmanship, and lightly antiqued hand-applied varnish shaded from dark orange-brown to a lighter yellow-brown. Excellent tone; rich and powerful with a pleasing complexity.

At the top of the Andreas Eastman line, these instruments are simply outstanding — first-rate workmanship and a marvelous sound. Skilled makers work fastidiously to produce a responsive, beautiful sounding instrument. The best available woods and workmanship, combined with the artistically applied antique varnish, results in instruments of the highest visual and tonal merit.