Claudio Ricca built various instruments between violas, violins and cellos, 6 viole da gamba, one viola d'amore and a upright jazz bass.


Mandolino F.lli Vinaccia 1902

Prima del restauro

Dopo il restauro

 

 

Viola Stradivarius like - 1983
(owned by Glenn Spring)
 
Violin 1983  
Classic guitar - 1983
Harmonic surface in male fir, rosetta italian style, sides and bottom in light rosewood , kaja neck.
 
Viola d'amore - 1986
Top in male fir, bands, bottom and neck in german rural maple; pegs (border and balls in gold) and cordiera in italian cherry-wood, head pattern from a Morri'ís drawing of 1920.
 
Viola da gamba soprano  
Viola da gamba basso  
Viola da gamba soprano  
Bass - 1991
Upright bass for jazz music based on an original Maestro Ricca's drawing
 

Mandolino milanese '800
Restoration 1998
Rebuilding of the mother-of-pearl on the top and of the inlayng of the right side

 

Violin
Faithful copy of a violin attribuite to Alfonso della Corte, Naples 1835.