The different viola models and who is playing them.
Please note that the vibrating string length is often more important for playability than the body length.

MODEL BODY SIZE STRING LENGTH MUSICIANS
Gasparo da Salò

17.3 inches

14.88 inches

Fritz Luchterhand, (Germany)

Gasparo da Salò

16,5

14,56

Luigi Vania

Gasparo da Salò 16.5

14.21

 

Maggini

15.7

14.33

Isabella Hawlisch, (Vienna)

Camillo Camilli 16.5

14.88

Susanne Martens, (London Philarmonic Orchestra),  Nima Tagadossi, (Basel)

Camillo Camilli 16.1

14.37

Julien Heichelbech, Keiko Suginaka

Camillo Camilli

15.7

14.21

Cornelia Rumpp, (Braunschweig)

Vuillaume–Maggini 15.7

14.05

Hatto Beyerle,
Masae Kobayashi, (Hannover)
Claudia Mulas (Bern)

Vuillaume–Maggini

16.25

14.21

Babette Heineken, Katia Stodtmeier,
Johannes Eva, Patrick Juedt

Jessica Rona, Christina Sontheim,
Patrick J
üdt (Bern) 

Andrea Guarneri

16.5

14.56

Johannes Luethy, (Karlsruhe)

Maria Pavlova, Fabio Marano
(Pellegrini Quartett)  

Andrea Guarneri

16.3

14.37

 

Stradivari 1715 16.1

14.72

 

Stradivari

15.7

14.56

Werner Suschko