Violin Forum/Message Board

My opportunity to try a carbon fibre violin came last night. I visited my favorite violin shop (100 kilometers from home) last evening after our group played at a concert. This shop carries a large in ...

There is quite a variety of opinions of carbon fibre vs. traditional instruments on You Tube. But I must say that simply producing a violin out of wood does not guarantee the best of sound. The skill ...

I am told my main violin is "loud". My usual retort is to reply with the comment that is NOT loud! I prefer to call it "responsive". But having a responsive violin has a plus, as I ...

My favorite violin had been refinished before I bought it. It is, after all, 84 years old, and likely needed it. I don't know what was used on it, but it flakes of very easily, even with a finger nail ...

I can't make a violin. And I have great admiration of those of you who are able to. My expertise lies elsewhere. But I strongly suspect that if age can improve an instrument, the amount it is likely t ...

I watched a You Tube video today, with Jack Benny on the Dick Cavett show, (early '60s?). He spoke of trading a $ 5,000 violin and $ 15,000 for his Strad (which apperently was bequeathed to the Los An ...

I think I just answered my own question. It appears as though I had called up a thread which I thought had seen recent activity. Every post in the thread was from 2009. There wasn't anything more rece ...

I am not a luthier. My sphere of interests encompasses a number of other areas, one of them of course, is my violins. Another area of interest is tower clocks! You have all heard of Big Ben, in London ...

I opened the forum, today, when the particular section indicated new posts. When I located what I assumed was the most recent post, I read at the top of the post that it was posted in July 2009! Where ...

We had the good fortune of visiting the Stradivarius Museum in Cremona, in October of 2012. Violins, violas, and a cello, ranging from the mid 16th century up until 1947. Most of the big names were re ...

The old adage applies."If the student hasn't learned, the teacher hasn't taught." I left a teacher for that very reason several years ago. He was a symphony player with a doctorate in music, ...

A friend of mine who calls himself a "luthier" used to use a jig system with a router and an assortment of carbide blades to shape the top and back of the instruments he has built. I have pl ...

Lemuel,

Thanks for the link. I have ordered the CD/DVD.

The one fiddle group I belong to played at a Harvest Dinner for a heritage society, today. We had 3 fiddles, two banjos, two acoustic guitars, one electric bass guitar, and one piano. This group is al ...

I have noticed that a lot of the modern violins I see seem to show very wide growth rings in the wood, resulting in what appears to me to yield a violin with a finish that would be hard to finish to a ...