16 1/8" Anton Domozhyrov viola, Winnepeg 2017, ex-Hikawa-Silverman | Metzler ViolinsAs a son of an orchestral violist and a violinist Anton first became interested in the construction of violins in 1976 when his father opened a violin making workshop in Dnepropetrovsk . In 1990 Anton moved Moscow to work and study with the two most important luthiers in Russia; Pavel Schutz and Anatoly Kochergin. At this time Anton had access to instruments by many of the great masters including Amati Stradivarious, Guarneri Del Gesu, Bergonzi and