I had this viola lying around the house that I never used, I finally ordered some viola strings and strung it up tonight. Boy violas are huge! Took me a bit to get the fingering spacings down. When I switched back to my violin I felt like I was playing a 1/4 size instrument. It was interesting being able to play part of a tune in normal positions but having to figure out how to play the B part on the lower strings ... anyways then I added a bunch of other stuff on top of it ... let me know what you think.