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Topic: Carbon Fiber Violins |
Canuck
Replies: 37
Views: 32333
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:48 am Subject: Carbon fibre violins |
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 ... |
Topic: Carbon Fiber Violins |
Canuck
Replies: 37
Views: 32333
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun May 12, 2013 1:16 am Subject: Carbon Fiber Violins |
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 ... |
Topic: Loud Violin |
Canuck
Replies: 12
Views: 10099
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2013 10:31 pm Subject: Loud Violin |
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 ... |
Topic: lean over fat |
Canuck
Replies: 9
Views: 6874
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 12:47 am Subject: lean over fat |
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 ... |
Topic: Just thinking... |
Canuck
Replies: 42
Views: 28066
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:44 am Subject: Just thinking... |
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 ... |
Topic: Jack Benny's Stradivarius |
Canuck
Replies: 4
Views: 10199
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Forum: Everything Else Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:42 pm Subject: Jack Benny's Stradivarius |
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 ... |
Topic: Determining age of a post |
Canuck
Replies: 1
Views: 6080
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Forum: Everything Else Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:17 am Subject: Determining age of a post |
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 ... |
Topic: Control of interference by Strad and Guarneri |
Canuck
Replies: 291
Views: 181316
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:08 am Subject: Control of interference by Strad and Guarneri |
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 ... |
Topic: Determining age of a post |
Canuck
Replies: 1
Views: 6080
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Forum: Everything Else Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:30 pm Subject: Determining age of a post |
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 ... |
Topic: Fer yer amusement :-) |
Canuck
Replies: 25
Views: 15023
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 1:20 pm Subject: Fer yer amusement :-) |
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 ... |
Topic: doubts about my teacher |
Canuck
Replies: 2
Views: 5344
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Forum: Musician's Forum Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:44 am Subject: doubts about my teacher |
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, ... |
Topic: Hollowing out backplates |
Canuck
Replies: 20
Views: 17358
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:38 pm Subject: Hollowing out backplates |
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 ... |
Topic: Prices charged for ameture hand made work. |
Canuck
Replies: 63
Views: 45231
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:31 pm Subject: Prices charged for ameture hand made work. |
Lemuel,
Thanks for the link. I have ordered the CD/DVD. |
Topic: Prices charged for ameture hand made work. |
Canuck
Replies: 63
Views: 45231
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:03 pm Subject: Prices charged for ameture hand made work. |
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 ... |
Topic: new wood vs. old wood |
Canuck
Replies: 16
Views: 13078
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 2:34 pm Subject: new wood vs. old wood |
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 ... |
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