​"The Diva" Violin / Cello

Queen of our collection, "The Diva" was painstakingly carved from seven individual components: body, neck, fingerboard, fiddlehead, bridge, tailpiece, and button. The body and fiddlehead are made from Honduran rosewood burl (HRB) heartwood; The bridge, neck, and button are spalted HRB sapwood, and the fretboard and tailpiece are ziricote. This is Old World hand craftsmanship at its best, using no computerization techniques or chemical finishes. "The Diva" comes mounted on a variegated hardwood base, and encased in a glass dome.

Artist: Nancy R Koerner, 2018
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Materials: Honduran rosewood burl (heartwood & sapwood), zericote wood, brass wire, glass beads. Base of zericote and brass rod. Housed in glass dome w/ black acrylic base.

​Dimensions: Violin 6.5” tall x 3.5” wide x 1/2 ” thick. Dome 7” tall x 4” diameter.
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Signature: Features NK ’18 monogram on violinback, lower right, and NK “etching” on glass dome .

​Other info: Honduran rosewood burl is a planetary legacy, one of the rarest, most valuable, and most collectible woods in the world. This one of a kind HRB creation represents the heavenly afterlife of a tree, a breathtaking reincarnation of natural living beauty. The raw rosewood is legally imported by the artist, who is licensed and permitted under USDA/APHIS regulation, and approved by C.I.T.E.S. as an environmentally-friendly enterprise.  ​