Excellent performance and value. Knilling model instruments reflect European tradition in design and concept, with detailed attention to workmanship and finish, plus proper set up and quality components, to ensure ease of tuning, tone quality, practical playability, and structural integrity. The top is crafted from even grain spruce; the back from maple, with maple ribs, neck and scroll. Fully carved and graduated for superior tone, with genuine inlaid purfling around the top and back to help protect the plates, and solid ebony nut, pegs, fingerboard, tailpiece, saddle, and endpin, ensure durability.