A copy of Thomas Riebl\'s old Italian viola maker unknown c.1770. The back in a single piece of poplar cut on the slab, the ribs similar. The neck, pegbox, and scroll of plain maple. The front in two pieces of spruce of medium-broad grain. The varnish of a rich orange-brown colour on an amber ground. The fingerboard and tailpiece of maple with double purfling and edged with black/white chevrons. Labelled and signed Bernd Hiller Geigenbaumeister Markneukirchen anno 2007 Branded on the inner back \'BERND HILLER-MARKNEUKIRCHEN\'. Length of back 432mm Width upper bout 206mm Width middle bout 142mm Width lower bout 272mm