Violin Forum/Message Board

Thanks--- I will do some adusting and if anything significant happens, I will report back.

No bump. The other notes are fine. once I get up to the A one the E, the volume/tone goes back down.

I have found, through using a Hacklinger gauge, that I was too exuberant when I was making t ...

I recently finished a fiddle that is balanced across the strings, except for the G note on the E string. It stands out much louder than the other notes, even a bit piercing. I have moved the post, ...

The reason it may not be possible is that wear patterns are very often faked, sometimes well and sometimes not so well.

Sounds like my ex wife.

Thanks for the info. I just needed to hear it from someone with experience. Michael, do you know if makers have been doing this a while? Perhaps this is something from the furniture industry?
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I have heard of using maybe a spoonful of lye to about a quart of tea as light stain/ grain figure enhancer. I have seen a friend use it, and there is a similar recipe is Weisshaar. From what I hav ...

Thank you----that really helps a lot.

On a different forum, Michael Wrote this:

"As far as gross dimensions of the bar, I don't feel like a mm here or there matters much....When I feel the bar needs to work differently for a diffe ...

[quote]Why don't you ask the person who used that unique term to define it?

1. I did not know it was a unique term;

2. I thought this would be would be a good place to ask.

Any other questio ...

I was confused by the term "horn of the head" used in a recent post. Could someone define this one, both individually and together?

Thanks, Michael. I did add a few drops of turpentine to the varnish, but also I cleaned the brush before doing the back and front, which also helped.

I am using International Violin oil varnish for the first time (I usually use Joe Robson's varnish and have not had this problem), and it is tacking up just a tad too quickly as I am varnishing, so my ...

I'm sorry-- I did not mean to exclude the others who have taken the time to comment here from my thank you-- so thanks! (Sometimes I just get so excited....)

Wow, Michael, I cant say enough about how much that helps. The pictures and your verbal explanation really illustrate a lot. Thank you-- I am sure that took a lot of time.