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Here are some measurements if you need a soundpost setter.
One piece of electrical trunking 22cms long.1.5cms wide, Sidewalls 1cm deep.the part inside the violin is shorter than the soundpost.That se ...

The soundpost was fitted today and I had new strings ready .The bridge already fitted .New strings need a layer of rosin to kick start them . I got the G and D fitted and they started to sound right ...

Basically I dislike the traditional setter with a spike/blade . Today I pulled out some electrical plastic trunking strips I had left over . Just roughly cutting a few pieces to length the basic idea ...

I have a post setter made of aluminium alloy ,but the pointed blade had a very obtuse angle in it . There are some advertised with stainless steel which could file down to a sharper edge . For some re ...

I happened to see another pair of A&HFr Amati violins with exactly the same varnish colours and shading .One had the same label down to the same year 1695. They were from an old auction and guess ...

Just for mischief I tried to ask an AI site some awkward questions ,like the ones we have on this topic. When I asked if it is possible to annoy an AI machine the writing went Red and it said
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Getting back to the bassbar I must have invented my own version as the Page 223 in the Heron Allen book only had a clothes peg version so I ignored that .
My version runs all the way round the pla ...

One good way to start making violins is to plan to make top and back thick first. Make sure the plates are not held to tightly as the plan is to play the violin and then take the top off again to alte ...

There are several videos now showing bow rehairing bow and you see the repairman cutting the hairs off a huge chunk of horsehair . Over 200 hairs per bow,so imagine the economics of producing "t ...

There are several videos now showing bow rehairing bow and you see the repairman cutting the hairs off a huge chunk of horsehair . Over 200 hairs per bow,so imagine the economics of producing "t ...

I had not seen those clothes pegs photos . I must have invented mine then .If you take a top plate and draw right around to leave two ends on one side. The prising apart ,vertically one handed ,will ...

Thankyou .The implant was activated 6 days ago , and today the first adjustment to volumes was done. Amazing amount of sound compared to almost nothing a few weeks ago . I had no drawbacks from the s ...

The one metre length of natural Latex rubber tube arrived yesterday . It was a perfect snug grip on the bow stick .It will be easier to fit without the small leather patch on normal bows . The metal w ...

I made some plywood clamps to hold the bassbar in position . I don`t think I invented them .The idea was thap no matter which way you cut plywood it will have the same flexibility . About 1/2 inch th ...

Yes the parts out of sight had been left very untidy .Overall the thickness was mainly just over 5 mm with a patch in the upper bouts at 2.3mm . The glue holding the top on was far too strong .I made ...