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  Topic: My latest instrument, 16 inche viola.
actonern

Replies: 9
Views: 9906

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:20 pm   Subject: My latest instrument, 16 inche viola.
It's pretty darn good!
  Topic: Balsam Varnish
actonern

Replies: 27
Views: 22283

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 6:30 am   Subject: Balsam Varnish
Separately, yes. Once the resin has cooked to your satisfaction, been filtered while hot and allowed to cool, it can be crumbled up and more accurately weighed to establish the oil/resin ratio. Then ...
  Topic: Balsam Varnish
actonern

Replies: 27
Views: 22283

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2015 6:10 am   Subject: Balsam Varnish
Balsam resin can be cooked with linseed oil at a 4 parts resin 1 part oil ratio to make a very transparent and beautiful ground coat.
  Topic: Five String Fiddle completed
actonern

Replies: 60
Views: 37578

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:39 pm   Subject: Five String Fiddle completed
Chet, something that may be of interest, as you pursue tranquility in the gluing of rib garland to plates, is to paint the glue on to the rib edge and blocks and then let it set well... I leave for ab ...
  Topic: Dunov Violin identification question
actonern

Replies: 9
Views: 9080

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:45 am   Subject: Dunov Violin identification question
I do understand Chet. Of course you're right... just couldn't help laughing at the literal reading...
  Topic: Dunov Violin identification question
actonern

Replies: 9
Views: 9080

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 7:49 am   Subject: Dunov Violin identification question
""Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next with no loss of enthusiasm" Winston Churchill

LOL... might this not also be the mark of an idiot???
  Topic: Arching question
actonern

Replies: 5
Views: 5395

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:20 pm   Subject: Arching question
Ali G... is that you?
  Topic: Carbon fiber - a trend of things to come?
actonern

Replies: 3
Views: 4364

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:25 pm   Subject: Carbon fiber - a trend of things to come?
"The ‘Design Line’ carbon-fibre violin stood out ‘thanks to the innovative implementation of the basic idea, the very pleasant sound and the excellent value for money offered..."

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  Topic: Strobel Walnut Oil Varnish
actonern

Replies: 2
Views: 4134

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 5:59 am   Subject: Strobel Walnut Oil Varnish
It depends on how much (if any) turpentine the maker of that varnish blended in after the cook. If Strobel's instructions were followed, it should be possible to brush it out straight from the pot.
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  Topic: Fractional violin top and back thickness
actonern

Replies: 6
Views: 6101

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 7:32 pm   Subject: Fractional violin top and back thickness
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  Topic: Workbench Top
actonern

Replies: 11
Views: 7986

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:42 pm   Subject: Workbench Top
sealing it with something like tung oil has the advantage of more easily scraping off dried glue drops and other "impregnables".

Depending on how thick your top material is, you'd also wa ...
  Topic: Mystery Varnish
actonern

Replies: 6
Views: 6547

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 8:14 pm   Subject: Mystery Varnish
Sunlight works just as good, but exposure to sun usually involves flying specks of dirt...
  Topic: Violin design ingredients... Amati, Religion, Strad, Today?
actonern

Replies: 72
Views: 40307

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:27 am   Subject: Violin design ingredients... Amati, Religion, Strad, Today?
From your examination of Stradivari's instruments, Michael, have you made any observations about his having adjusted the arch through the mid bouts in order to preserve a parallel orientation of the f ...
  Topic: Violin design ingredients... Amati, Religion, Strad, Today?
actonern

Replies: 72
Views: 40307

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:16 pm   Subject: Violin design ingredients... Amati, Religion, Strad, Today?
I find that following C. Cycloid cross arches has the effect of making the top f hole slope downwards, when looking at the instrument sideways to observe the slant of the f hole stems

I know that l ...
  Topic: Latest viola joke
actonern

Replies: 9
Views: 7392

PostForum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum   Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 3:49 pm   Subject: Latest viola joke
We're a very resourceful people... and will put on a set of violin strings when flying. Who's to say how big a violin has to be???
 
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