Gewa Allegro VA1 15" Viola Outfit, Bulletwood Bow and Shaped Case

Name: Gewa Allegro VA1 15" Viola Outfit, Bulletwood Bow and Shaped Case
Brand: GEWA
Price: 485 USD
Availability: BackOrder

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$485.00excluding VAT

Estimated delivery: 24th - 26th February

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Summary of returns policies and timescales

This table provides an overview of your statutory consumer rights, compared with our standard returns policy and optional extended money back guarantee and warranty.

UK & Europe	EU Standard	Gear4music Standard	Gear4music Optional
Return Period	14 days	30 days	up to 180 days
Standard delivery charges refunded?	Yes	Yes	Yes, up to 30 days
Upgraded delivery charges refunded?	Standard costs only	Standard costs only	Standard costs only
Free collection on cancellation	No	No	Yes, up to 30 days
Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item	Yes, within 14 days	Yes, within 14 days	Yes, within 30 days

We are unable to accept returns of any custom made items designed to work together as a unique package and some items are only eligible for money back guarantee if they are returned to us unused and sealed in the original packaging. For full information on our returns policy, please refer to our returns and refunds information guide.

Key Features

Premium viola outfit for the advancing student
Masterful German craftsmanship from GEWA
Classic-style instrument built with traditional tonewoods
Outfit includes high-quality bow and case

Gewa Allegro VA1 15" Viola Outfit, Bulletwood Bow and Shaped Case Overview

The GEWA Allegro VA1 15" Viola Outfit, Bulletwood Bow and Shaped Case brings you fine German craftsmanship and traditional materials, producing an elegant viola, perfect for the progressing student. Rich tones and flawless playability come courtesy of the premium European spruce and maple body, and ebony fingerboard and fittings. Purfling on both sides of the instrument increases its durability and contributes to a time-honoured aesthetic.

Coming ready-setup with an original Aubert bridge, a Wittner fine-tuning tailpiece, and premium Thomastik-Infeld Alphayue strings, this viola will sound and feel fantastic straight out of the box. As the Allegro VA1 comes as an outfit, it comes included with an excellent GEWA bulletwood bow, rosin, and a sturdy GEWA shaped viola case - meaning you'll have everything you need to get playing immediately.

Product Ref: 187817

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Classic German craftsmanship

Founded in 1925, GEWA has a rich history in the production of bows and stringed instruments. You can put your faith in their ability to deliver a meticulously well-constructed viola outfit, drawing on their impressive heritage and using traditional materials and expert craftsmen. GEWA is known for producing instruments with excellent tone, projection, and response - instruments which are heavenly to play and sensational to listen to.

Traditional materials

The Allegro Viola is built using conventional tonewoods, giving it a vintage sound and a timeless look. European maple is selected for the back and sides of the body. This wood has excellent resonance, which gives the instrument fantastic projection and a wide dynamic range. The soundboard of the viola is hewn from European spruce, a traditional tonewood used in the finest violins. The maple and spruce combination is the same as what was used by Stradivari and his Cremonese contemporaries in the 17th-18th centuries.

The fingerboard, chin rest, pegs, and end pins are all made from ebony. This gorgeous wood has a naturally smooth, luscious finish, which makes for a sublime playing experience. The natural strength of ebony increases the durability of the Allegro viola, and the black colouring adds to the classic styling. The instrument is hand-varnished with a red-brown wood polish, giving the whole instrument a magnificent shine and bringing out the natural beauty of the tiger-like grain of the maple wood on the back.

Ready to play

The Allegro Viola arrives ready setup, letting you play it straight out of the box. An original French-made Aubert bridge is aligned perfectly to transfer reverberations to the body and to give you a highly playable action. The viola is strung with premium Thomastik-Infeld Alphayue strings from Austria, which provide a warm, rich tone. The German-made Wittner fine-tuning tailpiece holds tunings excellently, and is expertly fitted to the viola to ensure no unwanted buzzing or vibrations can occur.

Everything you need

This viola outfit includes a GEWA bulletwood bow and a shaped instrument case. The bow is finely crafted using a perfectly weighted massaranduba stick, natural horsehair and a traditional ebony frog. The careful balance of the bow gives it excellent response and control, allowing you to glide effortlessly across the strings of your new viola. The GEWA shaped viola case is designed to stand up to the inevitable bangs and knocks which face an instrument which sees regular use. Lightweight yet sturdy, it’s absolutely perfect for the musician on the move.