In 1984, Daniel Avshalomov, violist of the American String Quartet, had a 14-year-old viola. “I had a pretty standard rant against old instruments, which was essentially that, of the great makers, not many made a lot of violas. Of those who did, there were only so many that were still around. Of the ones that … Continue reading Violist Daniel Avshalomov on his 1568 Amati That Sends a Rich, Dark Tone to the Back of the Hall