Violin Forum/Message Board

Also, rule out, tailgut slipping, bridge creeping along plate and peg slipping. The only way to rule out the open seam is to fix it.

Scott

Does this happen on one string, all strings, some strings? Always at the same point up the fingerboard, or all positions? If it is at the same general position then mark the side of the neck at that p ...

At the underside of the tailpiece, are the fine tuners too close to the violin top?

Scott

Looking at your 1st picture on page one, at 400 zoom, your number one chinrest is sitting on top of the tailpiece. Could the tailpiece be knocking against the chinrest? You need clearance there. I've ...

I would not suggest any beginner adjust, remove, insert or move a soundpost. This soundpost is in the right general area, If there are no cracks or creases in the tables in the area of the soundpost, ...

I don't think it's ever happened to me.

Scott
I am sure, but you know that the soundpost is inside the body and you deal in accordance with that.

Yes, spudchucker should check his soundpost and ...

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Yep, I see the soundpost at the third picture. If it is still there after all bridge on-off, strings on-off etc manipulation, then it was fitted too tight.[/quote]

Sorry, I can't agree wi ...

When removing a bridge or releasing string tension, a soundpost MAY fall. This is not an inevitable production. I don't think it's ever happened to me.

Scott

During all this surgery described before, what happened with the soundpost? Is there soundpost at all? Beside, the south side of the bridge should not be convexed - It should be flat and perpendicular ...

Check your PM.

Some use superglue to fill at the nut and to strengthen the bridge notch, never worked for me. If the string fits deep in the notch, lightly sand or file the top again till its not ...

Yeah, that bridge is in the ballpark now. There's not too many times that a bridge can be re-used like that. Your A and E string notches may be too deep. If you were fitting a new bridge from scratch, ...

Great pictures for showing what is going on. A couple of pots of water on your stove will improve your humidity and a humidifier would be better. Your perlon strings will keep stretching for a while a ...

Don't disappear, Let's get this fiddle working. I'd say that the time to glue that glue joint is now, before any varnish or further work that may contaminate the joint. Also, while you still have it s ...

As I said before, none of your pictures showed any signs of revarnish. Reread the posts, no one else agreed with your reasons for destruction either. These types of Hopfs have a thin lacquer type of v ...

Have a luthier take a look at it. You may just need a new bridge or adjustment made to correct the geometry of the strings over the fingerboard. A luthier should be able to spot this quickly and for f ...