Where was the instrument maker working in the 60s that reasoned that a viola played vertically could be made larger born?
Vertical viola The standard viola is about as big as can conveniently be played under the chin. The physicist/instrument maker Carleen Hutchins, working during the 1960s, reasoned that a viola played vertically could be made larger, and that a larger viola might produce a better sound. Based on principles of instrument design she had observed in top-quality existing instruments, Hutchins designed a viola about longer than the regular viola, intended to be played vertically like a cello. (Despite Hutchins's original intention, a few violists have played her viola horizontally.)
Martha Blackman Martha Elizabeth Blackman (born January 1, 1927, in Dallas, Texas) is an American viola da gamba player and lutenist, and the first American to perform on and teach the viol.