The particular elegance of Ali results from undercutting the flywheel and is underlined by the high-contrast of its wood combination. Tripartite rod top. Shaft and spike of nut wood, flywheel of cherry wood.

Mader rates their tops as to how difficult they are to spin, using a scale of 1 to 5, 5 being the hardest.

Rod Top Ali, item no. 211, diameter 75 mm, nutwood, cherrywood, severity 4.