Daniel Arlig 16" viola, Minneapolis, MN, 2022 | Metzler ViolinsI was born in Springfield, Missouri. When I was 8 years old my family moved to Minnesota, where I started playing viola in my public school orchestra program. I continued to learn other string instruments and after high school studied double bass performance at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. In 2000, I graduated with honors in String Instrument Repair from Minnesota State College SE Technical in Red Wing, MN; under the direction of