I couldn't be happier with this new viola, the sound is so much better, even with relatively poor technique. When I played the first phrase of music on it, both my wife and I said, "WOW"! I now have to get better, just to make the best use of this excellent instrument.

This fairly long video is of the unpacking and then two segments of being played (at 8:17 and 10:12). The first one of Amazing Grace has the terrible background sound of our furnace, but the second, improvisation the only bad sounds come from my mistakes and technique.