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  Topic: Latest violins
Cliff Green

Replies: 7
Views: 8500

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 5:22 pm   Subject: Latest violins
Craig,
I’m glad to see that you’re still kicking it. You’ve been unusually quiet lately and had me worried. I don’t think you’re an idiot, perhaps a reformed boca g ...
  Topic: cleaning tight cracks
Cliff Green

Replies: 6
Views: 5433

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 9:08 am   Subject: cleaning tight cracks
Michael,
What type of suction cup are you using?
  Topic: very small viola
Cliff Green

Replies: 11
Views: 9009

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:12 am   Subject: very small viola
What Is the difference in the arching between you 14" viola/violin and your arching for a violin? Are you making the ribs deeper for the small viola than those for your violins?
Thanks
  Topic: Cello build
Cliff Green

Replies: 14
Views: 14445

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 9:54 am   Subject: Cello build
I've only made 5 cellos so take this comment with that in mind
The first two were built on the Strobel form. The problem I had was that since the center of the ribs were unsupported, some areas woul ...
  Topic: Bridge questions
Cliff Green

Replies: 9
Views: 9036

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 9:30 am   Subject: Bridge questions
My apologies Franciscus. I did not mean to criticize you only the demonstration on you tube.
To be honest I used a sanding jig for my first bridges. The technique seemed reasonable and I did not kn ...
  Topic: Bridge questions
Cliff Green

Replies: 9
Views: 9036

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:43 am   Subject: Bridge questions
As has been said, a fitted bridge will still need considerable fitting. You would be just as well off using a typical bridge blank.
For as good a description of bridge fitting as you will find go to ...
  Topic: Books
Cliff Green

Replies: 11
Views: 8803

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:55 am   Subject: Books
You have good books. The Johson and Courtnal is the most recommended construction book at present. A couple of other construction books are Violin Building, Step by Step by Strobel and Violin Making ...
  Topic: best light for inside violins
Cliff Green

Replies: 15
Views: 13074

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 8:14 am   Subject: best light for inside violins
I've used the flexible shaft pen lights but the luthier lights by Doug Wall at Maestronet are like stadium lights.
http://www.wallindependent.com/Luthier%20Lights%20%28.com%29.htm
  Topic: string cleaning
Cliff Green

Replies: 10
Views: 7305

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:49 am   Subject: string cleaning
I like Michael's suggestions. My favorite is to use the packaged alcohol wipes that doctors use for injections. Very cheap and lightly alcoholed to avoid drips. I also like the finer grades of 3M a ...
  Topic: Violin design ingredients... Amati, Religion, Strad, Today?
Cliff Green

Replies: 72
Views: 40309

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:13 pm   Subject: Violin design ingredients... Amati, Religion, Strad, Today?
If the masters were using a tool such as the graduating punch, I see no reason why they couldn't have graduated to within 0.1mm if that was their intent. When I look at the graduation maps of the Cre ...
  Topic: Violin Plate Tuning & Weight Corrolation
Cliff Green

Replies: 118
Views: 61923

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 4:14 pm   Subject: Violin Plate Tuning & Weight Corrolation
Here is a link to previous arching discussions

https://www.violins.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?t=841&highlight=arch

https://www.violins.ca/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1275&view=next&sid=07ab ...
  Topic: Violin Plate Tuning & Weight Corrolation
Cliff Green

Replies: 118
Views: 61923

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 11:44 am   Subject: Violin Plate Tuning & Weight Corrolation
When I was 12 one of my friends was the son of a physician. Denison meticulously hand copied pertinent sections some of his fathers library. The posse now possessed scientific explanations of our de ...
  Topic: Violin Plate Tuning & Weight Corrolation
Cliff Green

Replies: 118
Views: 61923

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 7:53 am   Subject: Violin Plate Tuning & Weight Corrolation
A lot of violin discussions remind me of a bunch of 12 year old boys debating the way to get to 3rd base with a girl.
  Topic: Violin Plate Tuning & Weight Corrolation
Cliff Green

Replies: 118
Views: 61923

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 1:29 pm   Subject: Violin Plate Tuning & Weight Corrolation
Thanks, that is encouraging.
I sometimes wonder if our chase to make new instruments sound like 300 year old instruments is counter productive in the long run. After all, these precious few were new ...
  Topic: Violin Plate Tuning & Weight Corrolation
Cliff Green

Replies: 118
Views: 61923

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 9:26 am   Subject: Violin Plate Tuning & Weight Corrolation
Since it is unlikely that I'll have more than casual contact with good old instruments or the players that hear and feel the difference, I guess I will have to be satisfied with the best I can do.
 
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