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  Topic: "Kreisler" Del Gesu dimensions
KenN

Replies: 2
Views: 5217

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 8:55 pm   Subject: "Kreisler" Del Gesu dimensions
I have the Strad poster but haven't got around to studying it yet. But, the poster is drawn as the Bidulph measurements. Don't know where they got the others.
  Topic: Baroque Bergonzi model done
KenN

Replies: 5
Views: 7115

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:01 pm   Subject: Baroque Bergonzi model done
I think I have multiple problems on the corners. I cut the plates oversize, then bring them in to size, the corners last, and I get impatient. I haven't made anything with a mould yet so the ribcage ...
  Topic: Baroque Bergonzi model done
KenN

Replies: 5
Views: 7115

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:57 am   Subject: Baroque Bergonzi model done
I looked at the poster this morning, and yes the corners are a little pointy!
The outline matches pretty well though. The shape and curves of the scroll match too. But I did get carried away with t ...
  Topic: Baroque Bergonzi model done
KenN

Replies: 5
Views: 7115

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:53 pm   Subject: Baroque Bergonzi model done
Here's my second one finished. I made everything except the strings. I might make a new bridge, when I drew the blanks out I made them too narrow at the top. Now I see the bridge is rather low, unl ...
  Topic: Reducing the f-holes distance to get more focus
KenN

Replies: 5
Views: 7826

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:56 am   Subject: Reducing the f-holes distance to get more focus
I know Micheal said that larger violins are trickier to do, but are great when done well. I noticed the Maggini I have started has a rather normal 42mm spacing between the f holes, even though it is ...
  Topic: What are you working on now?
KenN

Replies: 93
Views: 93837

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:34 am   Subject: What are you working on now?
Looks real nice. I like it both more blonde the way it was and now. Are you hooked yet? Every day I learn something new. I think it must be like people who golf. Every game they play they make on ...
  Topic: purfling before or after plates glued to ribs
KenN

Replies: 14
Views: 14015

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:20 pm   Subject: purfling before or after plates glued to ribs
I glue the plates on the ribs, even out the overhang (haven't got that part so good!), and then cut the purfling groove in. Then I drill locator holes, take the back off ( it was just tacked), and fi ...
  Topic: hyde glue behavior in hot environment ???
KenN

Replies: 11
Views: 11984

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon May 26, 2008 9:53 am   Subject: hyde glue behavior in hot environment ???
I'd guess it is a combination of the joint and the glue. Even after separating the edge should be flat. Did you glue it right after planing? If not it could have been rounded when you glued it. As ...
  Topic: Question for MANFIO but any and all may reply.
KenN

Replies: 2
Views: 5131

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 8:17 am   Subject: Question for MANFIO but any and all may reply.
I'm just starting a viola so I have zero experience (I have almost zero experience about violins as well) but I was under the impression that you shoot for a string angle of 156 deg. or so for violas ...
  Topic: Making 1/16 violin
KenN

Replies: 6
Views: 8259

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 5:41 pm   Subject: Making 1/16 violin
I'm sure the plates will need to be thinner, but how much thinner I couldn't guess. Probably way thinner than you'd ever go on a full size. I can't imagine it will have much of a low end. But it may ...
  Topic: Making 1/16 violin
KenN

Replies: 6
Views: 8259

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 8:05 pm   Subject: Making 1/16 violin
Here are some measurements from a chart I got from international luthers supply. It is for a Strad model. Body length: 9.05" String length:8.33" Bridge line: 4.95" width bouts: 4.27,2. ...
  Topic: What are you working on now?
KenN

Replies: 93
Views: 93837

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 9:01 am   Subject: What are you working on now?
I like that color just the way it is, maybe even lighter. Looks like the color I always associate with fresh cherry wood. But I also like the clear color you used before and the pale orange of Granci ...
  Topic: Current Project
KenN

Replies: 9
Views: 10711

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 8:43 pm   Subject: Current Project
So you say that scraping the sealed wood helped pop out the quilting? Do you seal it over again? I've seen lots of recipes using all kinds of chemicals that frankly scare me to death. Rub on some o ...
  Topic: What are you working on now?
KenN

Replies: 93
Views: 93837

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 8:03 pm   Subject: What are you working on now?
Uneven overhang, purfling not very well inlaid... sounds like all three of the ones I've gotten that far along on! I think it will take me quite a few more before the tools do what I want them to do ...
  Topic: Current Project
KenN

Replies: 9
Views: 10711

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:26 pm   Subject: Current Project
I haven't put varnish on a violin for so long. That's an exciting time. You get to see everything pop out at you. I need to finish carving the neck of the Bergonzi and finish it up! It's been sittin ...
 
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