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  Topic: How high can violin strings tune too on a full size
JG

Replies: 8
Views: 7851

PostForum: Musician's Forum   Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2020 4:33 pm   Subject: How high can violin strings tune too on a full size
Bravo!
  Topic: How high can violin strings tune too on a full size
JG

Replies: 8
Views: 7851

PostForum: Musician's Forum   Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2020 8:20 pm   Subject: How high can violin strings tune too on a full size
Hmm. In that case your best bet is to just crank strings up till they break, and take careful note of what pitch they reached before snapping. You'll want to try strings of all the various materials ...
  Topic: How high can violin strings tune too on a full size
JG

Replies: 8
Views: 7851

PostForum: Musician's Forum   Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 3:10 pm   Subject: How high can violin strings tune too on a full size
A mighty abstract question. Are you wanting to play in a tuning that's higher than the normal one? If so, choose strings that will survive at the pitch you're tuning them too. (And by the way, your ...
  Topic: volume of a violin
JG

Replies: 5
Views: 6886

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2019 5:31 pm   Subject: Re: volume of a violin
Easy to measure... just tape down one f-hole and fill with water.... drain and measure!

I do remember a guitar builder filling a guitar with rice for the same purpose. Probably safer than using wa ...
  Topic: E string sound
JG

Replies: 2
Views: 7770

PostForum: Musician's Forum   Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 3:37 pm   Subject: E string sound
Pretty common problem, usually called 'whistling'. Search Whistling E String and you'll get loads of info and advice.

Pirastro strings?
  Topic: violin positions
JG

Replies: 4
Views: 5953

PostForum: Musician's Forum   Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:56 pm   Subject: violin positions
Arabic numerals on violin music indicate fingers. Most players and editors only put them at the points where the player is to change positions. So for example a D scale that runs up to high D will o ...
  Topic: Help identifying violin (label pictures inside)
JG

Replies: 8
Views: 10333

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:53 pm   Subject: Help identifying violin (label pictures inside)
Surname is hard to make out. Are you reading Johann Heinrich Glass? There was a Johann Glass building professionally in Leipzig in the early 20th century. But with name only (no place or date) this ...
  Topic: Help identifying violin (label pictures inside)
JG

Replies: 8
Views: 10333

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:22 am   Subject: Help identifying violin (label pictures inside)
Not sure what you mean by "identify this violin". All you've shown is a label. Do you think the label is inaccurate? If so, show us the violin.
  Topic: Spiccato vs. staccato
JG

Replies: 4
Views: 8320

PostForum: Musician's Forum   Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2016 3:33 pm   Subject: Spiccato vs. staccato
Staccato is the general musical effect of short detached notes. Violinists can achieve this effect in various ways: short detached strokes on the string, detached strokes off the string ('spiccato'), ...
  Topic: Question for Mr.Darnton
JG

Replies: 15
Views: 15277

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2016 11:21 am   Subject: Question for Mr.Darnton
Wow! Thank you for that, Michael.
  Topic: Photo Background
JG

Replies: 6
Views: 7098

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 10:28 pm   Subject: Photo Background
Thanks for that, Dave. I like both shots. The black has more "drama", but I feel I see the details of the instrument a little better in the white.

Anyway, you're certainly on the right ...
  Topic: Photo Background
JG

Replies: 6
Views: 7098

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:53 pm   Subject: Photo Background
Are you shooting with a camera whose exposure you can set? If not, the difference just results from an auto-exposure program being influenced by the background. (But only slightly, because the violi ...
  Topic: Neat Find! Jackson Guldan Antonius Stradivarius Violin Facie
JG

Replies: 2
Views: 5115

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 8:02 pm   Subject: Neat Find! Jackson Guldan Antonius Stradivarius Violin Facie
Loads of info and impressions here:

http://www.fiddlehangout.com/archive/425

Most repair people seem to hate them, but some players like them. The construction system was really bizarre-- they ...
  Topic: 2nd position for "Hungarian" Dance and "Winte
JG

Replies: 1
Views: 5654

PostForum: Musician's Forum   Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 1:17 pm   Subject: 2nd position for "Hungarian" Dance and "Winte
It's traditional to introduce third position before second. But you could start learning second anytime really. You should get a method book with lots of exercises for both in-position playing and s ...
  Topic: Latest Tarisio auction
JG

Replies: 6
Views: 9556

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:51 pm   Subject: Latest Tarisio auction
Thank you, Michael.
 
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