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Topic: Mica powder ground |
MANFIO
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 6:36 am Subject: Mica powder ground |
Mica can be added to oil varnish to make a ground. Always make many tests. |
Topic: My latest instrument, 16 inche viola. |
MANFIO
Replies: 9
Views: 9918
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 4:17 pm Subject: My latest instrument, 16 inche viola. |
Here a clip with Esther Apituley, from Amsterdam, playing a similar viola, a teaser of her CD with Bach violin partitas transcribed for viola:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-o6ZLgkTx8 |
Topic: My latest instrument, 16 inche viola. |
MANFIO
Replies: 9
Views: 9918
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:30 am Subject: My latest instrument, 16 inche viola. |
Thank you all!!! |
Topic: My latest instrument, 16 inche viola. |
MANFIO
Replies: 9
Views: 9918
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 7:24 pm Subject: My latest instrument, 16 inche viola. |
Thanks Ken!!! |
Topic: My latest instrument, 16 inche viola. |
MANFIO
Replies: 9
Views: 9918
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 7:08 am Subject: My latest instrument, 16 inche viola. |
Thanks!
Yes Dave, I added "wings" to back lower bouts to make it wider. Here the "Il Toscano" Strad with similar wings:
http://www.claudiorampini.com/index.php |
Topic: My latest instrument, 16 inche viola. |
MANFIO
Replies: 9
Views: 9918
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 7:10 am Subject: My latest instrument, 16 inche viola. |
New 16 inche viola
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Topic: Violin Plate Tuning & Weight Corrolation |
MANFIO
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 9:46 am Subject: Violin Plate Tuning & Weight Corrolation |
Michael, you wrote "Strad tops and backs are usually somewhat in proportion to each other, as are del Gesus". What proportions is this? In weight? About tops 1 and backs 1.5?
I am not a s ... |
Topic: String price/quality? |
MANFIO
Replies: 14
Views: 11888
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 7:49 pm Subject: String price/quality? |
Long life to good strings!!! Even if they are expensive!
Life is too short for playing with bad strings!!!!
It may be difficult making good strings, otherwise the Chinese would already be offer ... |
Topic: 45 million dollars for a Strad viola? |
MANFIO
Replies: 5
Views: 5388
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 2:06 pm Subject: 45 million dollars for a Strad viola? |
Yes, I think it is that. |
Topic: 45 million dollars for a Strad viola? |
MANFIO
Replies: 5
Views: 5388
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:46 am Subject: 45 million dollars for a Strad viola? |
Yes, the Taiwanese. One of the atractions of the viola is that a Stradivari quartet can be formed, and it is hard since the number of Strad violas is so small.
The form of the sale (sealed bids) sou ... |
Topic: 45 million dollars for a Strad viola? |
MANFIO
Replies: 5
Views: 5388
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2014 6:41 am Subject: 45 million dollars for a Strad viola? |
45 million dollars for a Strad viola?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/arts/music/for-sale-playing-a-heady-tune.html?_r=1 |
Topic: One of my violas played by Ekaterina Lazareva, in London. |
MANFIO
Replies: 4
Views: 4394
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 1:20 pm Subject: One of my violas played by Ekaterina Lazareva, in London. |
Thank you all! |
Topic: One of my violas played by Ekaterina Lazareva, in London. |
MANFIO
Replies: 4
Views: 4394
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:09 pm Subject: One of my violas played by Ekaterina Lazareva, in London. |
One of my violas played by Ekaterina Lazareva, in London. Well, I don`t know how to post the link here, hope it will work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KMRCNNFakE
http://www.youtube.com/watc ... |
Topic: Red spruce and f-hole spacing |
MANFIO
Replies: 14
Views: 10475
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:45 am Subject: Red spruce and f-hole spacing |
I don't know how many instruments you have made but, if you are a newcomer, perhaps it is better concentrating now in the model, archings, corners, scroll, set up etc., leaving wood and varnish subtl ... |
Topic: Red spruce and f-hole spacing |
MANFIO
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Views: 10475
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:58 pm Subject: Red spruce and f-hole spacing |
I've been using Engleman too, low density, from
Simeon Chambers. |
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