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  Topic: dutch / scouring rush / horsetail
FiddleDoug

Replies: 4
Views: 1736

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:07 pm   Subject: dutch / scouring rush / horsetail
I ran into tons of it growing near the shoe of Lake Ontario where I live. As was said, look in damp areas.
  Topic: Mittenwald violin
FiddleDoug

Replies: 6
Views: 7931

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:12 am   Subject: Mittenwald violin
Are you sure that it's really a Mittenwald violin? Lots of high quality pictures of all parts of the violin are usually helpful.
  Topic: Help identifying violin (label pictures inside)
FiddleDoug

Replies: 8
Views: 10334

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 6:08 pm   Subject: No, but the corner blocks are pretty typical-
No, but the corner blocks (or lack of) are pretty typical for that era and pedigree. The through neck can date somewhat further back. I always tell clients that if they couldn't see it from the outsid ...
  Topic: Help identifying violin (label pictures inside)
FiddleDoug

Replies: 8
Views: 10334

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 8:31 am   Subject: Help identifying violin (label pictures inside)
Sorry to be so late with this reply. I don't get on here too often. The violin has all the signs of being a plain old Mark/Schoen cottage industry violin from around 1900, or a little earlier. Through ...
  Topic: Hide Glue Experiment
FiddleDoug

Replies: 13
Views: 13002

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 7:02 pm   Subject: Gelled glue
A real problem with having the glue gelled before making the final joint, is that the gel will prevent the joint from closing tightly. It won't squeeze out if it's gelled.
  Topic: cleaning rosin from violins - acetone?
FiddleDoug

Replies: 5
Views: 5811

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:59 pm   Subject: Don't even bother with Toluene!
That will strip oil varnish off like crazy. I have, as a very last resort, (I'll never admit it if you ask me in person), used Formby's Furniture Refinisher to strip really tough crud off of really na ...
  Topic: Unusual neck joint using wedges
FiddleDoug

Replies: 19
Views: 17020

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 8:34 pm   Subject: Unusual neck joint using wedges
The big question now is, can you get the neck angles and measurements correct?
  Topic: Unusual neck joint using wedges
FiddleDoug

Replies: 19
Views: 17020

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:27 am   Subject: Through neck
That's not all that uncommon. Typically called a through neck. Sounds like you have a VERY complicated repair. It would typically involve rib doubling for those broken sections, and either re-assembly ...
  Topic: split repair
FiddleDoug

Replies: 6
Views: 6496

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2017 12:28 pm   Subject: Bad Idea
Bad Idea! Generally, removing wood is worse than adding wood. Adding wood cleats is reversible, cutting divots isn't. Soundpost patches are an exception, as they deal with point pressure from the soun ...
  Topic: Need advise on violin repair
FiddleDoug

Replies: 17
Views: 14626

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2017 7:20 am   Subject: After the button graft
After you do the button graft, and put the back back on, You have to make sure that the neck angles, and overstand, are correct, before you glue the neck back in. This could, worst case, involve filli ...
  Topic: Need advise on violin repair
FiddleDoug

Replies: 17
Views: 14626

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2017 8:28 am   Subject: Violin repair
The neck/button photo is a bit out of focus. Is that Gorilla glue, or some other kind of glue filling a space between the heel of the neck and the button? If it is, you're talking about a $500 neck re ...
  Topic: ground substance possibilities?
FiddleDoug

Replies: 11
Views: 10469

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2016 11:07 am   Subject: Re: ground substance possibilities?
Wondering if anyone hax experimented with solids to be ground or to go in
as a ground additive?
thinking of more unusuas stuff....
like graphite or carbon disulfide,talc,quartz, or even highly colo ...
  Topic: Neat Find! Jackson Guldan Antonius Stradivarius Violin Facie
FiddleDoug

Replies: 2
Views: 5115

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:34 pm   Subject: Neat Find! Jackson Guldan Antonius Stradivarius Violin Facie
Looks like you may have one of the lower quality J-Gs. Looks like painted purfling. I'd also guess that it has no linings (I worked on one like that).
  Topic: What do you do?
FiddleDoug

Replies: 26
Views: 26439

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 3:08 pm   Subject: What do I do?
I grew up in Rochester, NY. After college, I spent 34 years working as a chemist for Eastman Kodak. I escaped from Kodak in 2005, and started learning how to do violin repair and restoration. Being a ...
  Topic: Painting a Viola
FiddleDoug

Replies: 8
Views: 8714

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:47 pm   Subject: Are you a trained luthier?
"My hope is that if I’m careful enough painting and I replace the garbage parts (I’ll change out the strings, bridge, and pegs for sure."

Unless you have the training, tools, and know ...
 
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